mkfs.bfs8
Make an sco bfs filesystem
Usage
mkfs.bfs [options]
device
[block-count]
Overview
mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
The block-count parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks. If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
Options
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-N, --inodes number -
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.
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-V, --vname label -
Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used.
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-F, --fname name -
Specify the filesystem name. I have no idea if/where this is used.
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--lock[=mode] -
Use an exclusive BSD lock for the device or file that is operated upon. The optional argument mode can be
yes(1),no(0), ornonblock. If the mode argument is omitted, it defaults toyes. This option overrides the environment variable$LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE. The default is to not use any lock at all, but using a lock is recommended to avoid collisions with systemd-udevd(8) or other tools.
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-v, --verbose -
Explain what is being done.
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-c -
This option is silently ignored.
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-l -
This option is silently ignored.
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-h, --help -
Display help text and exit.
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-V, --version -
Display version and exit. Option
-Vonly works as--versionwhen it is the only option.
Exit status
The exit status returned by mkfs.bfs is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 9 times.
--fname since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--help since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--inodes since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--lock since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--verbose since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--version since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--vname since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-F since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-V since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-c since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-h since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-l since Debian 7 (Wheezy).