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.\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
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.\" May be freely distributed.
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.TH MKFS.BFS 8 "12 Sept 1999" "Util-linux 2.9x" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mkfs.bfs
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.RB [ \-N
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.IR nr-of-inodes ]
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.RB [ \-V
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.IR volume-name ]
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.RB [ \-F
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.IR fsname ]
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.I device
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.RI [ size-in-blocks ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B mkfs.bfs
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creates an SCO bfs file-system on a block device
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(usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
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The
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.I size-in-blocks
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parameter is the desired size of the file system, in blocks.
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If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-N
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Specify the desired number of inodes (at most 512).
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If nothing is specified some default number in the range 48-512 is picked
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depending on the size of the partition.
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.TP
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.BI \-V " volume-label"
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Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used.
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.TP
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.BI \-F " fsname"
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Specify the fsname. I have no idea if/where this is used.
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.TP
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.B \-v
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Be verbose.
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.SH "EXIT CODES"
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The exit code returned by
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.B mkfs.bfs
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is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR mkfs (8).
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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