Hiroki Horiuchi <hiroki@air.ne.jp> writes: >> dd if=/dev/zero of=/file/to/create bs=<whatever> count=<whatever> > > Though a holed file cannot be made by this method, this is a good idea. Yes you can. dd if=/dev/zero of=/file/to/create bs=<whatever> seek=<whatever> count=1 -- Juha Autero http://www.iki.fi/jautero/ Eschew obscurity!