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  1. .\" $Id$
  2. .TH LAT_FS 8 "$Date$" "(c)1994 Larry McVoy" "LMBENCH"
  3. .SH NAME
  4. lat_fs \- measure file system create/delete performance
  5. .SH SYNOPSIS
  6. .B lat_fs
  7. [
  8. .I dir
  9. ]
  10. .SH DESCRIPTION
  11. .B lat_fs
  12. is a program that creates a number of small files in the current working
  13. directory and then removes the files. Both the creation and removal of
  14. the files is timed.
  15. .SH OPTIONS
  16. If
  17. .I dir
  18. is specified,
  19. .B lat_fs
  20. will change to that directory first and do the creates and deletes there.
  21. Otherwise the creates and deletes are done in $PWD.
  22. .SH OUTPUT
  23. The results are in terms of creates per second and deletes per second
  24. as a function of file size. The output is in 4 column form and is the
  25. size of the file, the number created, the creations per second, and the
  26. removals per second. Output format looks like:
  27. .sp
  28. .ft CB
  29. .nf
  30. 0k 500 1304 2740
  31. 1k 500 904 1663
  32. 4k 500 861 1647
  33. 10k 500 674 1516
  34. .fi
  35. .ft
  36. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  37. lmbench(8), creat(2).