Add 'allow_file_create' option

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -1199,6 +1199,11 @@ create_only=bool If true, fio will only run the setup phase of the job.
                        that will be done. The actual job contents are not
                        executed.
 
+allow_file_create=bool If true, fio is permitted to create files as part
+               of its workload. This is the default behavior. If this
+               option is false, then fio will error out if the files it
+               needs to use don't already exist. Default: true.
+
 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