README
1 Readme file for linktest.pl
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3 License:
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5 Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2001
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7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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23 Overview:
24 Name: linktest.pl
25 Description: A regression test for links per file.
26 Linktest.pl is a simple test that attempts
27 to create a given number of hard links and
28 symbolic links to a single file.
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30 Files:
31 linktest.pl
32 README
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34 Availability:
35 Currently only available via internal IBM websites pending
36 legal review:
37 http://cvs.opensource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/testcases/fs/fs_perms/?cvsroot=ltp
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39 Installation:
40 N/A
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42 Use:
43 ./linktest.pl <number of symbolic links> <number of hard links>
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45 ex: ./linktest.pl 1000 1000 would create 1000 symlinks and 1000
46 hardlinks
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48 Warning(s):
49 If execution is terminated, the hlink and slink subdirectories will
50 have to be manually removed (along with any links or files in them).
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52 ToDo:
53 I'll think of something.
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55 ChangeLog:
56 Date Version Author Reason
57 05/07/01 .99 martinjn (a] us.ibm.com Needed a quick regression test to
58 identify link limitations.
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61 Jeff Martin
62 Software Engineer
63 IBM Linux Technology Center-Test Team
64 martinjn (a] us.ibm.com
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