NAME App::corruptor - Corrupt files by writing random bytes/blocks to them VERSION This document describes version 0.002 of App::corruptor (from Perl distribution App-corruptor), released on 2021-05-25. FUNCTIONS corruptor Usage: corruptor(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta] Corrupt files by writing random bytes/blocks to them. Examples: * Corrupt two files by writing 1% random bytes: corruptor( files => ["disk.img", "disk2.img"], proportion => "1%"); This utility can be used in disk/filesystem testing. It corrupts files by writing random bytes/blocks to them. This function is not exported. This function supports dry-run operation. Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments): * files* => *array[filename]* * proportion* => *percent* How much random data is written as proportion of file size (in percent). Special arguments: * -dry_run => *bool* Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode. Returns an enveloped result (an array). First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information. Return value: (any) HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. SEE ALSO . AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2021 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.