From 0614a7d7a5f59f87d22df5ea7c268bd18c0a3a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobijam <bobijam>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 03:16:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Branch HEAD b=16578 o=adilger

A faster way to get long string.
---
 lustre/tests/sanity.sh | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index 89ea9f6..95a6ac5 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -466,9 +466,7 @@ run_test 17f "symlinks: long and very long symlink name ========================
 
 test_17g() {
         mkdir -p $DIR/$tdir
-        for ((i = 0; i < 511; ++i)); do
-                LONGSYMLINK="${LONGSYMLINK}01234567"
-        done
+        LONGSYMLINK="$(dd if=/dev/zero bs=4095 count=1 | tr '\0' 'x')"
         ln -s $LONGSYMLINK $DIR/$tdir/$tfile
         ls -l $DIR/$tdir
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1