diff --git a/test/testing_scripts/allocate_memory.sh b/test/testing_scripts/allocate_memory.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+scdaq_data_path="/home/dcristof/scdaq/test/data/run000000/in_progress" 
+famfs_path="/home/dcristof/famfs/debug/famfs" 
+mnt_path="/mnt/famfs/run000000/in_progress/"
+
+sudo rm -rf "$mnt_path"/*
+
+for file in "$scdaq_data_path"/*; do
+  filesize=$(stat -c%s "$file")
+  filename=$(basename "$file")
+  echo "${filename}: ${filesize} bytes"
+  sudo $famfs_path creat -s $filesize "$mnt_path$filename"
+
+
+done
+
+ls -las $mnt_path
+
+