Creatfil.exe: Create File

This command-line tool creates an artificial file of any size. This is useful for testing the behavior of tools, applications, and setup programs under conditions of low available memory on a hard disk.

Create File must be run from the command prompt; it cannot be run from the Run command on the Start menu.

Create File Syntax

creatfil [path]filename [filesize]

Where:

path

is the path to an existing directory on the hard disk where the file is to be created (default is the root of the current drive).

filename

is the name of the file to create.

filesize

is the size of the file to create, in units of one kilobyte (1024 bytes). This argument is optional. The default is one kilobyte.

Create File Example

creates a 100 KB (102,400 byte) file of zeros called Workfile.dat.

Files Required

• Creatfil.exe