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> >>>>> I'd much rather keep fio ignorant of any "special" directories, even if
> >>>>> it means that sometimes you do potentially run into issues like the
> >>>>> above, where you specify a block device that does not exist.
> >>>>
> >>>> How about an option in the script:
> >>>> direct=2 file must exist and be a block device, otherwise skip it
> >>>
> >>> Might be a bit nasty to overload direct= like that. But I'd be open to
> >>> adding an option that says must_be_bdev or something, which can be a
> >>> bool as well.
> >>
> >> So for your case, you'd set
> >> filetype=bdev
> >
> > How about a create parameter which defaults to create=1 giving the
> > current behaviour and create=0 where the job fails if the file doesn't
> > already exist? It won't catch as much but should be portable.
>
> Agree, that will be both easier to maintain and probably just as useful
> as the more expanded options. Lets call it 'allow_file_create'.
>
Thanks, I'll create a patch to add that.
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