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+//po4a: entry man manual
+= mkfs(8)
+:doctype: manpage
+:man manual: System Administration
+:man source: util-linux {release-version}
+:page-layout: base
+:command: mkfs
+
+== NAME
+
+mkfs - build a Linux filesystem
+
+== SYNOPSIS
+
+*mkfs* [options] [*-t* _type_] [_fs-options_] _device_ [_size_]
+
+== DESCRIPTION
+
+*This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils.*
+
+*mkfs* is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a hard disk partition. The _device_ argument is either the device name (e.g., _/dev/hda1_, _/dev/sdb2_), or a regular file that shall contain the filesystem. The _size_ argument is the number of blocks to be used for the filesystem.
+
+The exit status returned by *mkfs* is 0 on success and 1 on failure.
+
+In actuality, *mkfs* is simply a front-end for the various filesystem builders (**mkfs.**__fstype__) available under Linux. The filesystem-specific builder is searched for via your *PATH* environment setting only. Please see the filesystem-specific builder manual pages for further details.
+
+== OPTIONS
+
+*-t*, *--type* _type_::
+Specify the _type_ of filesystem to be built. If not specified, the default filesystem type (currently ext2) is used.
+
+_fs-options_::
+Filesystem-specific options to be passed to the real filesystem builder.
+
+*-V*, *--verbose*::
+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.
+
+include::man-common/help-version.adoc[]
+(Option *-V* will display version information only when it is the only parameter, otherwise it will work as *--verbose*.)
+
+== BUGS
+
+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 _size_ parameter to be specified.
+
+== AUTHORS
+
+mailto:david@ods.com[David Engel],
+mailto:waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org[Fred N. van Kempen],
+mailto:sommel@sci.kun.nl[Ron Sommeling].
+
+The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card's version for the ext2 filesystem.
+
+== SEE ALSO
+
+*fs*(5),
+*badblocks*(8),
+*fsck*(8),
+*mkdosfs*(8),
+*mke2fs*(8),
+*mkfs.bfs*(8),
+*mkfs.ext2*(8),
+*mkfs.ext3*(8),
+*mkfs.ext4*(8),
+*mkfs.minix*(8),
+*mkfs.msdos*(8),
+*mkfs.vfat*(8),
+*mkfs.xfs*(8)
+
+include::man-common/bugreports.adoc[]
+
+include::man-common/footer.adoc[]
+
+ifdef::translation[]
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+endif::[]