diff --git a/hack/ccp/hack/transfer.sh b/hack/ccp/hack/transfer.sh
index 39a777305..cf70b5f07 100755
--- a/hack/ccp/hack/transfer.sh
+++ b/hack/ccp/hack/transfer.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@ set -x
 __dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 
 transfer=$(mktemp -d)
+
 cp $__dir/processingMCP.xml $transfer
-touch $transfer/hello.txt
-touch $transfer/bye.txt
+
+num_files=$1
+if [[ ! "$num_files" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    touch "$transfer/hello.txt"
+    touch "$transfer/bye.txt"
+else
+    for (( i=0; i<num_files; i++ )); do
+        mktemp --tmpdir="$transfer" XXXXXXXX.txt
+    done
+fi
+
+
 mv $transfer ~/.ccp/am-pipeline-data/watchedDirectories/activeTransfers/standardTransfer/