1 .\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
2 .\" May be freely distributed.
3 .TH MKFS.BFS 8 "July 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
5 mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem
8 .RI [options] " device " [ block-count ]
11 creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device
12 (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
16 parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks.
17 If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
20 .BR \-N , " \-\-inodes " \fInumber\fR
21 Specify the desired \fInumber\fR of inodes (at most 512).
22 If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48\(en512 is picked
23 depending on the size of the partition.
25 .BR \-V , " \-\-vname " \fIlabel\fR
26 Specify the volume \fIlabel\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used.
28 .BR \-F , " \-\-fname " \fIname\fR
29 Specify the filesystem \fIname\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used.
31 .BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
32 Explain what is being done.
35 This option is silently ignored.
38 This option is silently ignored.
41 Display help text and exit.
43 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
44 Display version information and exit.
49 when it is the only option.
51 The exit code returned by
53 is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.
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/.