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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/misc/make-many-data-files.py b/rdiff-backup/misc/make-many-data-files.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""Make 10000 files consisting of data
+
+Syntax:  test.py directory_name number_of_files character filelength"""
+
+import sys, os
+
+dirname = sys.argv[1]
+num_files = int(sys.argv[2])
+character = sys.argv[3]
+filelength = int(sys.argv[4])
+
+os.mkdir(dirname)
+for i in xrange(num_files):
+	fp = open("%s/%s" % (dirname, i), "w")
+	fp.write(character * filelength)
+	fp.close()
+
+fp = open("%s.big" % dirname, "w")
+fp.write(character * (filelength*num_files))
+fp.close()