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feat: add --force flag to overwrite existing output files

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2026-04-08 00:33:33 +02:00
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Useful for storage testing, transfer checks, and dumb-fun disk abuse.
### Create a file
```bash
python make_big_file.py <output> <size> [--chunk-size SIZE] [--sparse] [--quiet]
python make_big_file.py <output> <size> [--chunk-size SIZE] [--sparse] [--force] [--quiet]
```
Examples:
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ python make_big_file.py test.bin 15GB
python make_big_file.py dump.dat 1.5TiB --chunk-size 128MB
python make_big_file.py tiny.bin 500MB --quiet
python make_big_file.py sparse.img 20GB --sparse
python make_big_file.py test.bin 15GB --force
```
### Read a file
@@ -66,4 +67,5 @@ Plain numbers are treated as bytes.
## Notes
- `--sparse` is handy when you want a huge file without actually burning the disk.
- `--force` overwrites an existing output file (without it, existing files are protected).
- `--hash` is SHA256, because anything weaker would be cosplay.