• Mac OS X

    Make Empty Files Of A Certain Size In OS X

    Previously, I’ve used a few methods to create files in OS X using touch, dd, etc. But the easiest way to create empty files is using the mkfile command, which instantly creates a file of any size. To use the mkfile command, use the following general syntax: mkfile -n size[b|k|m|g] filename Using the above, to create a 2GB file called “TESTFILE” on the desktop, use the following command: mkfile -n 2g ~/Desktop/TESTFILE The file is created instantly and occupies the desired space on the disk. If you cat the file you should see a whole lot of zeros. I use dd for testing throughput (e.g. to large storage arrays) as…

  • personal

    Dungeons and Dragons

    I walked into my office and caught people playing Dungeons and Dragons.  It brought a smile to my face.  I haven’t played since I was in the 8th grade (or 7th) but I remember those days fondly, with Rob, Jason, Steve, etc.  And seeing that my office is as geeky as it should made me very happy.  It was on a Saturday, btw, so they weren’t playing D&D instead of working.  🙂