disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.8

   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"
   4 .SH NAME
   5 mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem
   6 .SH SYNOPSIS
   7 .B mkfs.bfs
   8 .RI [options] " device " [ block-count ]
   9 .SH DESCRIPTION
  10 .B mkfs.bfs
  11 creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device
  12 (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
  13 .PP
  14 The
  15 .I block-count
  16 parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks.
  17 If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
  18 .SH OPTIONS
  19 .TP
  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.
  24 .TP
  25 .BR \-V , " \-\-vname " \fIlabel\fR
  26 Specify the volume \fIlabel\fR.  I have no idea if/where this is used.
  27 .TP
  28 .BR \-F , " \-\-fname " \fIname\fR
  29 Specify the filesystem \fIname\fR.  I have no idea if/where this is used.
  30 .TP
  31 .BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
  32 Explain what is being done.
  33 .TP
  34 .B \-c
  35 This option is silently ignored.
  36 .TP
  37 .B \-l
  38 This option is silently ignored.
  39 .TP
  40 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
  41 Display help text and exit.
  42 .TP
  43 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
  44 Display version information and exit.
  45 Option
  46 .B \-V
  47 only works as
  48 .B \-\-version
  49 when it is the only option.
  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
  55 .BR mkfs (8)
  56 .SH AVAILABILITY
  57 The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
  58 https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.