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Can someone remind me what the WinXP command to create an empty file of X
size is from the command prompt?

Thanks

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:38:12 GMT, "Jack B. Pollack" <>
wrote:

>Can someone remind me what the WinXP command to create an empty file of X
>size is from the command prompt?

From http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=7400 :


If you have the need to create a file of a specific size, and don't
care about the contents, Windows XP, and greater (Windows NT 5.1+),
has the fsutil.exe command-line tool.

The syntax for using fsutil.exe to create a new file is:

fsutil file createnew FileName Size

where FileName is the name of the file, such as test.txt, or
c:\folder\test.doc, and Size is the size of the file in bytes.

NOTE: This is useful when an old install program fails because too
much freespace causes its' freespace calculation to overflow.

Thanks

"Evan Platt" <evan@*******************************> wrote in message
news...
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:38:12 GMT, "Jack B. Pollack" <>
> wrote:
>
> >Can someone remind me what the WinXP command to create an empty file of X
> >size is from the command prompt?
>
> From http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=7400 :
>
>
> If you have the need to create a file of a specific size, and don't
> care about the contents, Windows XP, and greater (Windows NT 5.1+),
> has the fsutil.exe command-line tool.
>
> The syntax for using fsutil.exe to create a new file is:
>
> fsutil file createnew FileName Size
>
> where FileName is the name of the file, such as test.txt, or
> c:\folder\test.doc, and Size is the size of the file in bytes.
>
> NOTE: This is useful when an old install program fails because too
> much freespace causes its' freespace calculation to overflow.
>

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:38:12 GMT, "Jack B. Pollack" <> wrote:

>Can someone remind me what the WinXP command to create an empty file of X
>size is from the command prompt?
>
>Thanks

To create a zero byte file from the command prompt:

"type wank.txt >x.txt"


Assuming (1) wank.txt does not exist, and (2) x.txt is the name of the output
file.

Ignore this message: "The system cannot find the file specified."
the output file will still be there.

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the red is positive and the black is negative."

- Nick DiPaolo

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:53:40 -0500, Spuds <>
wrote:

>On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:38:12 GMT, "Jack B. Pollack" <> wrote:
>
>>Can someone remind me what the WinXP command to create an empty file of X
>>size is from the command prompt?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>To create a zero byte file from the command prompt:
>
>"type wank.txt >x.txt"
>
>
>Assuming (1) wank.txt does not exist, and (2) x.txt is the name of the output
>file.
>
>Ignore this message: "The system cannot find the file specified."
>the output file will still be there.


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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:53:40 -0500, Spuds <>
wrote:

>On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:38:12 GMT, "Jack B. Pollack" <> wrote:
>
>>Can someone remind me what the WinXP command to create an empty file of X
>>size is from the command prompt?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>To create a zero byte file from the command prompt:
>
>"type wank.txt >x.txt"
>
>


C:\>copy nul zzzz.txt
1 file(s) copied.

C:\>dir zzzz.txt
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 7F24-19FF

Directory of C:\

12/14/2006 09:38 AM 0 zzzz.txt

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