On Thursday 08 March 2007 12:16, Michael Brailsford wrote: > Why not do something like create a directory called /tmp/test_data and copy > in a few header files or other text files, maybe copy in the whole > /usr/include directory to get a bigger size. Then you can do: > > $ tar czf /tmp/test.iso /tmp/test_data/* > > Then you can just make an edit in a file in /tmp/test_data and recreate > your "iso", then transfer it and compare what you get on the other end with > what you sent. > > A whole linux distro iso, while nifty, is significant overkill.
It may be overkill for verifying the correctness of his implementation, but I think he wants a bit larger data set for better performance metrics. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
