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diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d653d63 --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8 @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: mkfs +.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section] +.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.20 +.\" Date: 2023-10-23 +.\" Manual: System Administration +.\" Source: util-linux 2.39.3 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "MKFS" "8" "2023-10-23" "util\-linux 2.39.3" "System Administration" +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.ss \n[.ss] 0 +.nh +.ad l +.de URL +\fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3 +.. +.als MTO URL +.if \n[.g] \{\ +. mso www.tmac +. am URL +. ad l +. . +. am MTO +. ad l +. . +. LINKSTYLE blue R < > +.\} +.SH "NAME" +mkfs \- build a Linux filesystem +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +\fBmkfs\fP [options] [\fB\-t\fP \fItype\fP] [\fIfs\-options\fP] \fIdevice\fP [\fIsize\fP] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.sp +\fBThis mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils.\fP +.sp +\fBmkfs\fP is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a hard disk partition. The \fIdevice\fP argument is either the device name (e.g., \fI/dev/hda1\fP, \fI/dev/sdb2\fP), or a regular file that shall contain the filesystem. The \fIsize\fP argument is the number of blocks to be used for the filesystem. +.sp +The exit status returned by \fBmkfs\fP is 0 on success and 1 on failure. +.sp +In actuality, \fBmkfs\fP is simply a front\-end for the various filesystem builders (\fBmkfs.\fP\fIfstype\fP) available under Linux. The filesystem\-specific builder is searched for via your \fBPATH\fP environment setting only. Please see the filesystem\-specific builder manual pages for further details. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.sp +\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-type\fP \fItype\fP +.RS 4 +Specify the \fItype\fP of filesystem to be built. If not specified, the default filesystem type (currently ext2) is used. +.RE +.sp +\fIfs\-options\fP +.RS 4 +Filesystem\-specific options to be passed to the real filesystem builder. +.RE +.sp +\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP +.RS 4 +Produce verbose output, including all filesystem\-specific commands that are executed. Specifying this option more than once inhibits execution of any filesystem\-specific commands. This is really only useful for testing. +.RE +.sp +\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP +.RS 4 +Display help text and exit. +.RE +.sp +\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP +.RS 4 +Print version and exit. +(Option \fB\-V\fP will display version information only when it is the only parameter, otherwise it will work as \fB\-\-verbose\fP.) +.RE +.SH "BUGS" +.sp +All generic options must precede and not be combined with filesystem\-specific options. Some filesystem\-specific programs do not automatically detect the device size and require the \fIsize\fP parameter to be specified. +.SH "AUTHORS" +.sp +.MTO "david\(atods.com" "David Engel" "," +.MTO "waltje\(atuwalt.nl.mugnet.org" "Fred N. van Kempen" "," +.MTO "sommel\(atsci.kun.nl" "Ron Sommeling" "." +.sp +The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card\(cqs version for the ext2 filesystem. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.sp +\fBfs\fP(5), +\fBbadblocks\fP(8), +\fBfsck\fP(8), +\fBmkdosfs\fP(8), +\fBmke2fs\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.bfs\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.ext2\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.ext3\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.ext4\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.minix\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.msdos\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.vfat\fP(8), +\fBmkfs.xfs\fP(8) +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +.sp +For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c +.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "." +.SH "AVAILABILITY" +.sp +The \fBmkfs\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c +.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."
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