From d7384c7d0383394603ad6b5238cd0b4b8493a8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Maret <mathieu.maret@openwide.fr>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 00:50:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Script] create loop file

---
 scripts/create_file_loop.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/create_file_loop.sh

diff --git a/scripts/create_file_loop.sh b/scripts/create_file_loop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..649e35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create_file_loop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Create a loop file formated in ext2
+
+txtRED='\e[1;31m' # Red
+txtDFL='\e[0m' # Default
+scriptName=`echo "$0" | awk -F / '{print $NF}'`
+
+if [ ! $# -eq 2 ]; then
+    echo
+    echo -e  "${txtRED}USAGE${txtDFL}: $scriptName <FileSize in M> <FileName>"
+    echo
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
+dd if=/dev/zero of=$2 bs=1M count=$1
+sudo losetup /dev/loop0 $2
+sudo mkfs.ext2 /dev/loop0
+sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0
+
+echo
+echo -e "${txtRED}Finished!!${txtDFL} File could be mount using mount -o loop $2 /mnt"
+echo
+exit 1