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MKFS.BFS
Section: System Administration (8)Updated: 202-1-15
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NAME
mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystemSYNOPSIS
mkfs.bfs [options] device [block-count]
DESCRIPTION
mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
The block-count parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks. If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
OPTIONS
-N, --inodes number
- Specify the desired number of inodes (at most 512). If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48-512 is picked depending on the size of the partition.
-V, --vname label
- Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used.
-F, --fname name
- Specify the filesystem name. I have no idea if/where this is used.
--lock[=mode]
- Use exclusive BSD lock for device or file it operates. The optional argument mode can be yes, no (or 1 and 0) or nonblock. If the mode argument is omitted, it defaults to yes. This option overwrites environment variable $LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE. The default is not to use any lock at all, but itcqs recommended to avoid collisions with systemd-udevd(8) or other tools.
-v, --verbose
- Explain what is being done.
-c
- This option is silently ignored.
-l
- This option is silently ignored.
-h, --help
- Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
- Display version and exit. Option -V only works as --version when it is the only option.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status returned by mkfs.bfs is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.
SEE ALSO
mkfs(8)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the https://github.com/uti-linux/uti-linux/issues <L>issue tracker
AVAILABILITY
The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/uti-linux/ <L>Linux Kernel Archive