options: add 'unique_filename'

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -374,6 +374,11 @@ filename_format=str
                default of $jobname.$jobnum.$filenum will be used if
                no other format specifier is given.
 
                default of $jobname.$jobnum.$filenum will be used if
                no other format specifier is given.
 

+unique_filename=bool   To avoid collisions between networked clients, fio
+               defaults to prefixing any generated filenames (with a directory
+               specified) with the source of the client connecting. To disable
+               this behavior, set this option to 0.
+

 opendir=str    Tell fio to recursively add any file it can find in this
                directory and down the file system tree.
 
 opendir=str    Tell fio to recursively add any file it can find in this
                directory and down the file system tree.