Add create_only option

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 969c4a145210418ed5f0823f30a3cf13d4a8e85a..77c8d9b81796f6ae662d8a4c1f99d29a692d5d80 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -725,6 +725,11 @@ If true, serialize file creation for the jobs.  Default: true.
 .BI create_on_open \fR=\fPbool
 If true, the files are not created until they are opened for IO by the job.
 .TP
 .BI create_on_open \fR=\fPbool
 If true, the files are not created until they are opened for IO by the job.
 .TP

+.BI create_only \fR=\fPbool
+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.
+.TP

 .BI pre_read \fR=\fPbool
 If this is given, files will be pre-read into memory before starting the given
 IO operation. This will also clear the \fR \fBinvalidate\fR flag, since it is
 .BI pre_read \fR=\fPbool
 If this is given, files will be pre-read into memory before starting the given
 IO operation. This will also clear the \fR \fBinvalidate\fR flag, since it is