package main import ( "flag" "fmt" "math/rand" "os" "os/signal" "syscall" "time" ) var ( fname string ftruncate bool reopen bool freq float64 pidfile string ) // generates a pseudorandom string of length n that is composed of alphanumeric // characters. func randomString(n int) string { var alpha = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789" buf := make([]byte, n) for i := 0; i < len(buf); i++ { buf[i] = alpha[rand.Intn(len(alpha)-1)] } return string(buf) } func outFile() (*os.File, error) { if fname == "" { return os.Stdout, nil } options := os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREATE if ftruncate { options |= os.O_TRUNC } else { options |= os.O_APPEND } return os.OpenFile(fname, options, 0644) } func reopenWrite(c chan string) { for line := range c { f, err := outFile() if err != nil { fmt.Printf("ERROR: unable to open outfile: %v", err) continue } if _, err := f.WriteString(line); err != nil { fmt.Printf("ERROR: unable to write line: %v", err) } f.Close() } } func regularWrite(c chan string) { hup := make(chan os.Signal, 1) signal.Notify(hup, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGUSR1) START: f, err := outFile() if err != nil { fmt.Printf("ERROR: unable to open outfile: %v", err) return } for { select { case line := <-c: if _, err := f.WriteString(line); err != nil { fmt.Printf("ERROR: unable to write line: %v", err) } case <-hup: f.Close() goto START } } } func writeLines(c chan string) { if reopen { go reopenWrite(c) } else { go regularWrite(c) } } func writePid() { if pidfile == "" { return } f, err := os.OpenFile(pidfile, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_CREATE, 0644) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ERROR unable to open pidfile: %v", err) return } fmt.Fprintf(f, "%d\n", os.Getpid()) } func main() { flag.Parse() writePid() c := make(chan string) writeLines(c) for t := range time.Tick(time.Duration(1e9 / freq)) { c <- fmt.Sprintf("%v %v %v\n", t.UnixNano(), randomString(32), randomString(32)) } } func init() { flag.StringVar(&fname, "file", "", "destination file to which random data will be written") flag.StringVar(&pidfile, "pidfile", "", "file to which a pid is written") flag.BoolVar(&ftruncate, "truncate", false, "truncate file on opening instead of appending") flag.BoolVar(&reopen, "reopen", false, "reopen file handle on every write instead of using a persistent handle") flag.Float64Var(&freq, "freq", 10, "frequency in hz at which lines will be written") rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano()) }