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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 |
f49ccec2 | 8 | .RI [options] " device " [ block-count ] |
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9 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
10 | .B mkfs.bfs | |
449a215f | 11 | creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device |
eb63b9b8 | 12 | (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device). |
4e46e958 | 13 | .PP |
eb63b9b8 | 14 | The |
4e46e958 | 15 | .I block-count |
449a215f | 16 | parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks. |
eb63b9b8 | 17 | If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used. |
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18 | .SH OPTIONS |
19 | .TP | |
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20 | .BR \-N , " \-\-inodes " \fInumber\fR |
21 | Specify the desired \fInumber\fR of inodes (at most 512). | |
cdd710a1 | 22 | If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48\(en512 is picked |
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23 | depending on the size of the partition. |
24 | .TP | |
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25 | .BR \-V , " \-\-vname " \fIlabel\fR |
26 | Specify the volume \fIlabel\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used. | |
eb63b9b8 | 27 | .TP |
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28 | .BR \-F , " \-\-fname " \fIname\fR |
29 | Specify the filesystem \fIname\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used. | |
eb63b9b8 | 30 | .TP |
449a215f | 31 | .BR \-v , " \-\-verbose" |
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32 | Explain what is being done. |
33 | .TP | |
449a215f | 34 | .B \-c |
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35 | This option is silently ignored. |
36 | .TP | |
449a215f | 37 | .B \-l |
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38 | This option is silently ignored. |
39 | .TP | |
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40 | .BR \-h , " \-\-help" |
41 | Display help text and exit. | |
4e46e958 | 42 | .TP |
449a215f | 43 | .BR \-V , " \-\-version" |
b4362b6f | 44 | Display version information and exit. |
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45 | Option |
46 | .B \-V | |
47 | only works as | |
48 | .B \-\-version | |
49 | when it is the only option. | |
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50 | .SH "EXIT CODES" |
51 | The exit code returned by | |
52 | .B mkfs.bfs | |
53 | is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong. | |
54 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
66083665 | 55 | .BR mkfs (8) |
86d62711 | 56 | .SH AVAILABILITY |
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57 | The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from |
58 | ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |