ZEROS(1)ZEROS(1)NAMEzeros - write sequence of bytes
SYNOPSISzeros [ -r ] [ -vvalue ] [ [ blocksize... [ numblocks ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Zeros writes a sequence of bytes to standard output. The arguments
specify the nature of the bytes, block size in bytes, and the number of
blocks to output. The -r option requests that each block be the same,
but randomly generated. The -vvalue option sets the value of each byte
(default 0). Typically zeros has a specialised use: ensuring a file
has the desired number of blocks in it to hold a file system image,
before reaming it.
EXAMPLE
To create and initialize a file system containing 2048 1024 byte blocks
zeros 1024 2048 >kfs.file
mount -c {disk/kfs -r kfs.file} /n/local
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/zeros.b
SEE ALSOkfs(4)ZEROS(1)