#!/usr/bin/env python # Copyright 2014 Lars Wirzenius # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # =*= License: GPL-3+ =*= '''Create files of specified size, filled with junk.''' import os import cliapp class MakeData(cliapp.Application): def add_settings(self): self.settings.bytesize( ['size'], 'how large a file to generate', default=0) def process_args(self, filenames): for filename in filenames: self.create_file(filename, self.settings['size']) def create_file(self, filename, size): self.create_parent_directory(filename) with open(filename, 'w') as f: self.write_data(f, size) def create_parent_directory(self, filename): dirname = os.path.dirname(filename) if not os.path.exists(dirname): os.makedirs(dirname) def write_data(self, f, size): chunk = 'x' * 2**20 written = 0 while written < size: n = min(len(chunk), size - written) f.write(chunk[:n]) written += n MakeData().run()