Add create_only option

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
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+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -893,6 +893,11 @@ create_fsync=bool  fsync the data file after creation. This is the
 create_on_open=bool    Don't pre-setup the files for IO, just create open()
                        when it's time to do IO to that file.
 
+create_only=bool       If true, fio will only run the setup phase of the job.
+                       If files need to be laid out or updated on disk, only
+                       that will be done. The actual job contents are not
+                       executed.
+
 pre_read=bool  If this is given, files will be pre-read into memory before
                starting the given IO operation. This will also clear
                the 'invalidate' flag, since it is pointless to pre-read