Random File

This is a tool to create a load of random files for testing purposes.

Install

• Install Rust
• Clone this repo
• Run:

cargo install --path .

Usage

Base Commands

Usage: random-file.exe --path <PATH> <COMMAND>

Commands:
  static  static file size
  random  random file size
  help    Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -p, --path <PATH>  File Path
  -h, --help         Print help
  -V, --version      Print version

Static

Usage: random-file.exe --path <PATH> static [OPTIONS] --files <FILES> --size <SIZE>

Options:
  -f, --files <FILES>      Number of files to create
  -s, --size <SIZE>        Size of files to create in KB
  -t, --threads <THREADS>  Number of threads to use, defaults to number of cores [default: 20]
  -h, --help               Print help

Random

Usage: random-file.exe --path <PATH> random [OPTIONS] --files <FILES> --lower <LOWER> --higher <HIGHER>

Options:
  -f, --files <FILES>      Number of files to create
      --lower <LOWER>      Lower bound of file size in KB
      --higher <HIGHER>    Upper bound of file size in KB
  -t, --threads <THREADS>  Number of threads to use, defaults to number of cores [default: 20]
  -h, --help               Print help

Static creates the same size of file, Random creates a random size of file between the lower and higher bounds.

The higher and lower bounds are in kilobytes.

Threads

The tool uses Rayon to parallelize the file creation. The default number of threads is equal to the system logical processors, but this can be changed with the --threads flag.

Being Rust based the tool cannot use more threads than logical processors.

Examples

Static

random-file --path C:\Users\user\Desktop\test static --files 100 --size 1024

Creates 100 files of 1MB each.

Random

random-file --path C:\Users\user\Desktop\test random --files 100 --lower 1 --higher 1024

Creates 100 files of random size between 1KB and 1MB each.

Benchmark

Using hyperfine to benchmark the tool on a 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K @ 3.60GHz

1000 static files of 1KB each using 20 threads:

Benchmark 1: random-file -p . -c static --files 1000 --size 1
  Time (mean ± σ):      1.509 s ±  0.215 s    [User: 0.000 s, System: 0.000 s]
  Range (min … max):    1.140 s …  1.768 s    10 runs

1000 random files of 1KB - 1MB each using 20 threads:

Benchmark 1: random-file -p . -c random --files 1000 --lower 1 --higher 1024
  Time (mean ± σ):      1.992 s ±  0.698 s    [User: 0.000 s, System: 0.000 s]
  Range (min … max):    1.458 s …  3.583 s    10 runs