| .\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) |
| .\" May be freely distributed. |
| .TH MKFS.BFS 8 "12 Sept 1999" "Util-linux 2.9x" "Linux System Administrator's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .BR "mkfs.bfs [ \-N" |
| nr-of-inodes |
| .B ] [ \-V |
| volume-name |
| .B ] [ \-F |
| fsname |
| .B ] |
| device |
| .B [ |
| size-in-blocks |
| .B ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B mkfs.bfs |
| creates an SCO bfs file-system on a block device |
| (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device). |
| |
| The |
| .I size-in-blocks |
| parameter is the desired size of the file system, in blocks. |
| If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used. |
| |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .B \-N |
| 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. |
| .TP |
| .BI \-V " volume-label" |
| Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used. |
| .TP |
| .BI \-F " fsname" |
| Specify the fsname. I have no idea if/where this is used. |
| .TP |
| .B \-v |
| Be verbose. |
| .SH "EXIT CODES" |
| The exit code returned by |
| .B mkfs.bfs |
| is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR mkfs (8). |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |
