From 378c18e5f024ac5a8aef4cb40d7c9aa9633d144c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 16:30:35 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 2.38.1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- disk-utils/mkfs.8.adoc | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 disk-utils/mkfs.8.adoc (limited to 'disk-utils/mkfs.8.adoc') diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8.adoc b/disk-utils/mkfs.8.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..45f100f --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +//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. 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[] +include::man-common/translation.adoc[] +endif::[] -- cgit v1.2.3