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+#!/bin/bash
+
+## setup.sh - create some files for xc copy testing
+dir=cptest
+
+mkdir -p ${dir}/subdir
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file16KB
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file1KB
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file32KB
+dd bs=1024 count=16 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/file6B
+dd bs=1048576 count=32 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/subdir/file32MB
+dd bs=1048576 count=64 if=/dev/urandom of=${dir}/subdir/file64MB
+