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+# Helper to create files with unique contents
+
+# Create multiple files with unique contents within this test run. Takes the
+# number of directories, the number of files in each directory, and the base
+# directory.
+#
+# test_create_unique_files 2 3 my_dir -- Creates 2 directories with 3 files
+#					 each in my_dir, all with contents
+#					 different from previous invocations
+#					 of this command in this run.
+
+test_create_unique_files () {
+	test "$#" -ne 3 && BUG "3 param"
+
+	local dirs="$1" &&
+	local files="$2" &&
+	local basedir="$3" &&
+	local counter="0" &&
+	local i &&
+	local j &&
+	test_tick &&
+	local basedata="$basedir$test_tick" &&
+	rm -rf "$basedir" &&
+	for i in $(test_seq $dirs)
+	do
+		local dir="$basedir/dir$i" &&
+		mkdir -p "$dir" &&
+		for j in $(test_seq $files)
+		do
+			counter=$((counter + 1)) &&
+			echo "$basedata.$counter">"$dir/file$j.txt"
+		done
+	done
+}