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103 lines
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.\" Title: mkfs
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.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
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.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15
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.\" Date: 2022-05-11
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.\" Manual: System Administration
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.\" Source: util-linux 2.38.1
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.\" Language: English
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.TH "MKFS" "8" "2022-05-11" "util\-linux 2.38.1" "System Administration"
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.SH "NAME"
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mkfs \- build a Linux filesystem
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBmkfs\fP [options] [\fB\-t\fP \fItype\fP] [\fIfs\-options\fP] \fIdevice\fP [\fIsize\fP]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBThis mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils.\fP
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\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.
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The exit status returned by \fBmkfs\fP is 0 on success and 1 on failure.
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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.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-type\fP \fItype\fP
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Specify the \fItype\fP of filesystem to be built. If not specified, the default filesystem type (currently ext2) is used.
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\fIfs\-options\fP
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Filesystem\-specific options to be passed to the real filesystem builder.
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
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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.
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
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.RS 4
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Display help text and exit.
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
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.RS 4
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Print version and exit.
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(Option \fB\-V\fP will display version information only when it is the only parameter, otherwise it will work as \fB\-\-verbose\fP.)
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.RE
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.SH "BUGS"
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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.
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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.MTO "david\(atods.com" "David Engel" ","
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.MTO "waltje\(atuwalt.nl.mugnet.org" "Fred N. van Kempen" ","
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.MTO "sommel\(atsci.kun.nl" "Ron Sommeling" "."
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The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card\(cqs version for the ext2 filesystem.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBfs\fP(5),
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\fBbadblocks\fP(8),
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\fBfsck\fP(8),
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\fBmkdosfs\fP(8),
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\fBmke2fs\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.bfs\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.ext2\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.ext3\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.ext4\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.minix\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.msdos\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.vfat\fP(8),
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\fBmkfs.xfs\fP(8)
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c
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.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "."
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.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBmkfs\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
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.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "." |