diff --git a/misc/test/genfiles.sh b/misc/test/genfiles.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Generates 100000 files in the current directory
+
+i=1; while [ $i -le 100000 ]; do
+    mktemp -p . -t 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+    i=$(( i + 1 ))
+done