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diff --git a/manyfiles.py b/manyfiles.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a45d3cd --- /dev/null +++ b/manyfiles.py @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +#!/usr/bin/python3 +# +# Create the desired number of empty files in a directory. A thousand files per +# subdirectory. + +import os +import sys + + +def subdir(dirname, dirno): + pathname = os.path.join(dirname, str(dirno)) + os.mkdir(pathname) + return pathname + + +def create(filename): + open(filename, "w").close() + + +DIRFILES = 1000 + +dirname = sys.argv[1] +n = int(sys.argv[2]) + +dirno = 0 +subdirpath = subdir(dirname, dirno) +fileno = 0 +thisdir = 0 + +while fileno < n: + filename = os.path.join(subdirpath, str(thisdir)) + create(filename) + + fileno += 1 + thisdir += 1 + if thisdir >= DIRFILES: + dirno += 1 + subdirpath = subdir(dirname, dirno) + thisdir = 0 |