| .\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) |
| .\" May be freely distributed. |
| .TH MKFS.BFS 8 "July 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration" |
| .SH NAME |
| mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B mkfs.bfs |
| .RI [options] " device " [ block-count ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B mkfs.bfs |
| creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device |
| (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device). |
| .PP |
| The |
| .I block-count |
| parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks. |
| If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BR \-N , " \-\-inodes " \fInumber\fR |
| Specify the desired \fInumber\fR of inodes (at most 512). |
| If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48\(en512 is picked |
| depending on the size of the partition. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-V , " \-\-vname " \fIlabel\fR |
| Specify the volume \fIlabel\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-F , " \-\-fname " \fIname\fR |
| Specify the filesystem \fIname\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-v , " \-\-verbose" |
| Explain what is being done. |
| .TP |
| .B \-c |
| This option is silently ignored. |
| .TP |
| .B \-l |
| This option is silently ignored. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-h , " \-\-help" |
| Display help text and exit. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-V , " \-\-version" |
| Display version information and exit. |
| Option |
| .B \-V |
| only works as |
| .B \-\-version |
| when it is the only option. |
| .SH EXIT STATUS |
| The exit status 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 package and is available from |
| https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |
