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@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@ genbackupdata ============= -genbackupdata creates or modifies directory trees in ways that simulate -real filesystems sufficiently well for performance testing of backup -software. For example, it can create files that are a mix of small text -files and big binary files, with the binary files containing random -binary junk which compresses badly. This can then be backed up, and -later the directory tree can be changed by creating new files, modifying -files, or deleting or renaming files. The backup can then be run again. +genbackupdata creates test data for testing backup programs. The +data is entirely syntethic, but just good enough to be of some little +use. The output is deterministic, such that for a given set of parameters the same output always happens. Thus it is more efficient to distribute |