diff --git a/test/testing_scripts/creat_test.cpp b/test/testing_scripts/creat_test.cpp
index 447b3a778f220db60b615dbf28872a4660dbbe48..b2c237d286b0793a8d91587a211155ed36c2c922 100644
--- a/test/testing_scripts/creat_test.cpp
+++ b/test/testing_scripts/creat_test.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   auto filepath = path + filename;
   unsigned int length = atoi(argv[3]);
 
-  srand(505);
+  srand(506);
 
   char *data = (char *)malloc((length) * sizeof(char));
   if (data == NULL) {
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (write_rc != length) {
       std::cout << "write() call returned wrong value rc=" << std::to_string(write_rc) << std::endl;
     } else {
-      auto fsync_rc = fsync(fd);
-      if (fsync_rc != 0) {
-        std::cout << "write's fsync() failed errno=" << std::to_string(errno) << std::endl;
-      }
-      close(fd);
+//      if (fsync(fd) != 0) {
+//        std::cout << "write's fsync() failed errno=" << std::to_string(errno) << std::endl;
+//      }
+//      close(fd);
       std::cout << "sys open / write ran without failure" << std::endl;
     }
   }
@@ -80,10 +79,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       std::cout << "fwrite() call returned wrong value rc=" << std::to_string(fwrite_rc)
                 << std::endl;
     } else {
-      if (fflush(stream_file) != 0) {
-        std::cout << "fwrite's fflush() failed with errno=" << std::to_string(errno) << std::endl;
-      }
-      fclose(stream_file);
+//      if (fflush(stream_file) != 0) {
+//        std::cout << "fwrite's fflush() failed with errno=" << std::to_string(errno) << std::endl;
+//      }
+//      fclose(stream_file);
       std::cout << "fopen / fwrite ran without failure" << std::endl;
     }
   }