disk-utils/mkfs.8.adoc

   1 //po4a: entry man manual
   2 = mkfs(8)
   3 :doctype: manpage
   4 :man manual: System Administration
   5 :man source: util-linux {release-version}
   6 :page-layout: base
   7 :command: mkfs
   8
   9 == NAME
  10
  11 mkfs - build a Linux filesystem
  12
  13 == SYNOPSIS
  14
  15 *mkfs* [options] [*-t* _type_] [_fs-options_] _device_ [_size_]
  16
  17 == DESCRIPTION
  18
  19 *This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils.*
  20
  21 *mkfs* is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a hard disk partition. The _device_ argument is either the device name (e.g., _/dev/hda1_, _/dev/sdb2_), or a regular file that shall contain the filesystem. The _size_ argument is the number of blocks to be used for the filesystem.
  22
  23 The exit status returned by *mkfs* is 0 on success and 1 on failure.
  24
  25 In actuality, *mkfs* is simply a front-end for the various filesystem builders (**mkfs.**__fstype__) available under Linux. The filesystem-specific builder is searched for via your *PATH* environment setting only. Please see the filesystem-specific builder manual pages for further details.
  26
  27 == OPTIONS
  28
  29 *-t*, *--type* _type_::
  30 Specify the _type_ of filesystem to be built. If not specified, the default filesystem type (currently ext2) is used.
  31
  32 _fs-options_::
  33 Filesystem-specific options to be passed to the real filesystem builder.
  34
  35 *-V*, *--verbose*::
  36 Produce verbose output, including all filesystem-specific commands that are executed. Specifying this option more than once inhibits execution of any filesystem-specific commands. This is really only useful for testing.
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  38 include::man-common/help-version.adoc[]
  39 (Option *-V* will display version information only when it is the only parameter, otherwise it will work as *--verbose*.)
  40
  41 == BUGS
  42
  43 All generic options must precede and not be combined with filesystem-specific options. Some filesystem-specific programs do not automatically detect the device size and require the _size_ parameter to be specified.
  44
  45 == AUTHORS
  46
  47 mailto:david@ods.com[David Engel],
  48 mailto:waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org[Fred N. van Kempen],
  49 mailto:sommel@sci.kun.nl[Ron Sommeling].
  50
  51 The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card's version for the ext2 filesystem.
  52
  53 == SEE ALSO
  54
  55 *fs*(5),
  56 *badblocks*(8),
  57 *fsck*(8),
  58 *mkdosfs*(8),
  59 *mke2fs*(8),
  60 *mkfs.bfs*(8),
  61 *mkfs.ext2*(8),
  62 *mkfs.ext3*(8),
  63 *mkfs.ext4*(8),
  64 *mkfs.minix*(8),
  65 *mkfs.msdos*(8),
  66 *mkfs.vfat*(8),
  67 *mkfs.xfs*(8)
  68
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