@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 # megatest -step wasting_time :state start :status n/a -m "This is a test step comment"
 # sleep 20
 # megatest -step wasting_time :state end :status $?
 
 touch ../I_was_here
+mkdir -p $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/tmp/$USER/$sysname/$fsname/$datapath/$MT_RUNNAME
+echo 1 2 3 4 5 > $MT_RUN_AREA_HOME/tmp/$USER/$sysname/$fsname/$datapath/$MT_RUNNAME/the_ans
 
 $MT_MEGATEST -runstep wasting_time -logpro wasting_time.logpro "sleep 8;echo all done eh?" -m "This is a test step comment"
 
 $MT_MEGATEST -load-test-data << EOF
 foo,bar,1.2,1.9,>