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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support Script to fill the file system mount with empty files to desired size Post 302731247 by chandu123 on Wednesday 14th of November 2012 02:59:50 PM
Old 11-14-2012
Hello,

I tried to run the below code and getting the following error. could you please help.

dd: bad arg -5211234
Usage: dd [if=InputFile] [of=OutputFile] [cbs=Number] [fskip=Number]
[skip=Number] [seek=Number] [count=Number] [bs=Number] [span=yes|no]
[ibs=Number] [obs=Number] [files=Number] [conv=Parameter[, ...]]


Here is the code that i am using.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
threshold=20
FStoFill=/tmp
set -- $(df -k $FStoFill | tail -1)
dd if=/dev/zero of=$FStoFill/zerofile.$$ bs=1 count=$((($threshold*$2/100)-$3))

 

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ost::Number - A number manipulation class. SYNOPSIS
#include <numbers.h> Inherited by ost::DateNumber, and ost::ZNumber. Public Member Functions Number (char *buffer, unsigned size) Create an instance of a number. void setValue (long value) const char * getBuffer () const long getValue () const long operator() () operator long () operator char * () long operator= (const long value) long operator+= (const long value) long operator-= (const long value) long operator-- () long operator++ () int operator== (const Number &num) int operator!= (const Number &num) int operator< (const Number &num) int operator<= (const Number &num) int operator> (const Number &num) int operator>= (const Number &num) Protected Attributes char * buffer unsigned size Friends long operator+ (const Number &num, const long val) long operator+ (const long val, const Number &num) long operator- (const Number &num, long val) long operator- (const long val, const Number &num) Detailed Description A number manipulation class. This is used to extract, convert, and manage simple numbers that are represented in C ascii strings in a very quick and optimal way. Author: David Sugar dyfet@ostel.com number manipulation. Constructor &; Destructor Documentation ost::Number::Number (char *buffer, unsignedsize) Create an instance of a number. Parameters: buffer or NULL if created internally. size use - values for zero filled. Member Function Documentation const char* ost::Number::getBuffer () const [inline] long ost::Number::getValue () const ost::Number::operator char * () [inline] ost::Number::operator long () [inline] int ost::Number::operator!= (const Number &num) long ost::Number::operator() () [inline] long ost::Number::operator++ () long ost::Number::operator+= (const longvalue) long ost::Number::operator-- () long ost::Number::operator-= (const longvalue) int ost::Number::operator< (const Number &num) int ost::Number::operator<= (const Number &num) long ost::Number::operator= (const longvalue) Reimplemented in ost::ZNumber. int ost::Number::operator== (const Number &num) int ost::Number::operator> (const Number &num) int ost::Number::operator>= (const Number &num) void ost::Number::setValue (longvalue) Reimplemented in ost::ZNumber. Friends And Related Function Documentation long operator+ (const Number &num, const longval) [friend] long operator+ (const longval, const Number &num) [friend] long operator- (const Number &num, longval) [friend] long operator- (const longval, const Number &num) [friend] Member Data Documentation char* ost::Number::buffer [protected] unsigned ost::Number::size [protected] Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for GNU CommonC++ from the source code. GNU CommonC++ Sat Jun 23 2012 ost::Number(3)
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