Make a big file with random content
//gcc -std=gnu99 -o makeMeBigger makebig.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdint.h>
int main() {
int32_t buf[256]; // Block size.
for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
{
buf[i] = rand(); // random to be non-compressible.
}
FILE* file = fopen("/PATH/TO/YOUR/BigFile", "wb");
int blocksToWrite = 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 1 TB
for (int i=0; i<blocksToWrite; ++i)
{
fwrite(buf, sizeof(int32_t), 256, file);
}
}