Allow explicit setting of a number of files

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -205,7 +205,11 @@ filename=str       Fio normally makes up a filename based on the job name,
                files between threads in a job or several jobs, specify
                a filename for each of them to override the default. If
                the ioengine used is 'net', the filename is the host and
                files between threads in a job or several jobs, specify
                a filename for each of them to override the default. If
                the ioengine used is 'net', the filename is the host and

-               port to connect to in the format of =host:port.
+               port to connect to in the format of =host:port. If the
+               ioengine is file based, you can specify a number of files
+               by seperating the names with a ':' colon. So if you wanted
+               a job to open /dev/sda and /dev/sdb as the two working files,
+               you would use filename=/dev/sda:/dev/sdb

 
 rw=str         Type of io pattern. Accepted values are:
 
 
 rw=str         Type of io pattern. Accepted values are: