NAME

disk_allocator - tool for creating and deleting loop device allocations of a given size.

SYNOPSIS

disk_allocator [options] <create|delete> <target directory> <size> <filesystem>

DESCRIPTION

disk_allcator is a tool for creating and deleting loop device allocations of a given size in order to sandbox an application. For creating an allocation, it accepts a desired location for the device, the size for the sandbox, and the filesystem to mount. For deleting an allocation, disk_allocator needs only the directory of the mounted loop device which is to be removed.

You will need superuser priveleges to run disk_allocator on your local machine.

OPTIONS

 -h, --help

Show this help screen.

 -v, --version

Show version string.

EXIT STATUS

On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.

EXAMPLES

Create a disk allocation:

disk_allocator create /tmp/test 100MB ext2

Delete a disk allocation:

disk_allocator delete /tmp/test

COPYRIGHT

The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2005-2019 The University of Notre Dame. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.