lat_fs

Langue: en

Version: $Date$ (ubuntu - 08/07/09)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

NAME

lat_fs - measure file system create/delete performance

SYNOPSIS

lat_fs [ dir ]

DESCRIPTION

lat_fs is a program that creates a number of small files in the current working directory and then removes the files. Both the creation and removal of the files is timed.

OPTIONS

If dir is specified, lat_fs will change to that directory first and do the creates and deletes there. Otherwise the creates and deletes are done in $PWD.

OUTPUT

The results are in terms of creates per second and deletes per second as a function of file size. The output is in 4 column form and is the size of the file, the number created, the creations per second, and the removals per second. Output format looks like:
 0k      500     1304    2740
 1k      500     904     1663
 4k      500     861     1647
 10k     500     674     1516
 

SEE ALSO

lmbench(8).