steadystate: make test script work better under Windows

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@@ -1256,6 +1256,9 @@ ss_ramp=time      Allow the job to run for the specified duration before
                beginning data collection for checking the steady state job
                termination criterion. The default is 0.
 
                beginning data collection for checking the steady state job
                termination criterion. The default is 0.
 

+invalidate=bool        Invalidate the buffer/page cache parts for this file prior
+               to starting io. Defaults to true.
+

 sync=bool      Use sync io for buffered writes. For the majority of the
                io engines, this means using O_SYNC.
 
 sync=bool      Use sync io for buffered writes. For the majority of the
                io engines, this means using O_SYNC.