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+########################################################################
+fileio tests
+########################################################################
+
+  $ fileio_args="--test=fileio --file-num=4 --file-total-size=32M"
+
+  $ sysbench $fileio_args prepare
+  sysbench *.*:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark (glob)
+  
+  4 files, 8192Kb each, 32Mb total
+  Creating files for the test...
+  Extra file open flags: 0
+  Creating file test_file.0
+  Creating file test_file.1
+  Creating file test_file.2
+  Creating file test_file.3
+  33554432 bytes written in * seconds (*.* MB/sec). (glob)
+
+  $ ls test_file.*
+  test_file.0
+  test_file.1
+  test_file.2
+  test_file.3
+  $ for i in $(seq 0 3)
+  > do
+  >   echo -n "test_file.$i:"
+  >   wc -c < test_file.$i
+  > done
+  test_file.0: 8388608
+  test_file.1: 8388608
+  test_file.2: 8388608
+  test_file.3: 8388608
+
+  $ sysbench $fileio_args run | grep FATAL
+  FATAL: Missing required argument: --file-test-mode
+
+  $ sysbench $fileio_args --max-requests=150 --file-test-mode=rndrw run
+  sysbench *.*:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark (glob)
+  
+  Running the test with following options:
+  Number of threads: 1
+  Random number generator seed is 0 and will be ignored
+  
+  
+  Extra file open flags: 0
+  4 files, 8Mb each
+  32Mb total file size
+  Block size 16Kb
+  Number of IO requests: 150
+  Read/Write ratio for combined random IO test: 1.50
+  Periodic FSYNC enabled, calling fsync() each 100 requests.
+  Calling fsync() at the end of test, Enabled.
+  Using synchronous I/O mode
+  Doing random r/w test
+  Initializing worker threads...
+  
+  Threads started!
+  
+  Operations performed:  90 reads, 60 writes, 8 Other = 158 Total
+  Read *.*Mb  Written *Kb  Total transferred *.*Mb  (*.*Mb/sec) (glob)
+  *.* Requests/sec executed (glob)
+  
+  General statistics:
+      total time:                          *.*s (glob)
+      total number of events:              150
+      total time taken by event execution: *.*s (glob)
+      response time:
+           min:                                  *.*ms (glob)
+           avg:                                  *.*ms (glob)
+           max:                                  *.*ms (glob)
+           approx.  95 percentile:               *.*ms (glob)
+  
+  Threads fairness:
+      events (avg/stddev):           150.0000/0.00
+      execution time (avg/stddev):   *.*/0.00 (glob)
+  
+  $ sysbench $fileio_args cleanup
+  sysbench 0.5:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark
+  
+  Removing test files...
+  $ ls