From fec10b3f1b52a18c8441202bdcac32887cb48788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergey Poznyakoff Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:18:01 +0000 Subject: (Generate Mode): Document --seek option. --- doc/genfile.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/genfile.texi b/doc/genfile.texi index c690af5..f9ef870 100644 --- a/doc/genfile.texi +++ b/doc/genfile.texi @@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ genfile --length 100 --file outfile If @option{--length} is not given, @command{genfile} will generate an empty (zero-length) file. +@cindex @command{genfile}, seeking to a given offset + The command line option @option{--seek=@var{N}} istructs @command{genfile} +to skip the given number of bytes (@var{N}) in the output file before +writing to it. It is similar to the @option{seek=@var{N}} of the +@command{dd} utility. + @cindex @command{genfile}, reading a list of file names You can instruct @command{genfile} to create several files at one go, by giving it @option{--files-from} (@option{-T}) option followed -- cgit v1.2.1