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1 | .\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) |
2 | .\" May be freely distributed. | |
232dc924 | 3 | .TH MKFS.BFS 8 "July 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration" |
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4 | .SH NAME |
5 | mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem | |
6 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
a9808f77 | 7 | .B mkfs.bfs |
4e46e958 | 8 | [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice \fR[\fIblock-count\fR] |
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9 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
10 | .B mkfs.bfs | |
11 | creates an SCO bfs file-system on a block device | |
12 | (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device). | |
4e46e958 | 13 | .PP |
eb63b9b8 | 14 | The |
4e46e958 | 15 | .I block-count |
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16 | parameter is the desired size of the file system, in blocks. |
17 | If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used. | |
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18 | .SH OPTIONS |
19 | .TP | |
4e46e958 | 20 | \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-inodes\fR=\fINUM\fR |
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21 | Specify the desired number of inodes (at most 512). |
22 | If nothing is specified some default number in the range 48-512 is picked | |
23 | depending on the size of the partition. | |
24 | .TP | |
4e46e958 | 25 | \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-vname\fR=\fINAME\fR |
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26 | Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used. |
27 | .TP | |
4e46e958 | 28 | \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-fname\fR=\fINAME\fR |
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29 | Specify the fsname. I have no idea if/where this is used. |
30 | .TP | |
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31 | \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR |
32 | Explain what is being done. | |
33 | .TP | |
34 | \fB\-c\fR | |
35 | This option is silently ignored. | |
36 | .TP | |
37 | \fB\-l\fR | |
38 | This option is silently ignored. | |
39 | .TP | |
40 | \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR | |
41 | Output version information and exit. | |
42 | \fB\-V\fR works only when specified as an only option. | |
43 | .TP | |
44 | \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR | |
45 | Display help and exit. | |
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46 | .SH "EXIT CODES" |
47 | The exit code returned by | |
48 | .B mkfs.bfs | |
49 | is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong. | |
50 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
51 | .BR mkfs (8). | |
86d62711 | 52 | .SH AVAILABILITY |
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53 | The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from |
54 | ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |