59 lines
1.6 KiB
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59 lines
1.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
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.\" May be freely distributed.
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.TH MKFS.BFS 8 "July 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
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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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.RI [options] " device " [ block-count ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B mkfs.bfs
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creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device
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(usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
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.PP
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The
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.I block-count
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parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, 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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.BR \-N , " \-\-inodes " \fInumber\fR
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Specify the desired \fInumber\fR of inodes (at most 512).
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If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48\(en512 is picked
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depending on the size of the partition.
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.TP
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.BR \-V , " \-\-vname " \fIlabel\fR
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Specify the volume \fIlabel\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used.
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.TP
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.BR \-F , " \-\-fname " \fIname\fR
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Specify the filesystem \fIname\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used.
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.TP
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.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
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Explain what is being done.
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.TP
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.B \-c
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This option is silently ignored.
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.TP
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.B \-l
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This option is silently ignored.
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.TP
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.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
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Display help text and exit.
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.TP
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.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
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Display version information and exit.
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Option
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.B \-V
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only works as
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.B \-\-version
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when it is the only option.
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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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https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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