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<H1>MKFS.BFS</H1>
Section: System Administration (8)<BR>Updated: July 2011<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystem
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>mkfs.bfs</B>
[options]<I> device </I>[<I>block-count</I>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<B>mkfs.bfs</B>
creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device
(usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
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The
<I>block-count</I>
parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks.
If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<DT id="1"><B>-N</B>,<B> --inodes </B><I>number</I>
<DD>
Specify the desired <I>number</I> 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.
<DT id="2"><B>-V</B>,<B> --vname </B><I>label</I>
<DD>
Specify the volume <I>label</I>. I have no idea if/where this is used.
<DT id="3"><B>-F</B>,<B> --fname </B><I>name</I>
<DD>
Specify the filesystem <I>name</I>. I have no idea if/where this is used.
<DT id="4"><B>-v</B>,<B> --verbose</B>
<DD>
Explain what is being done.
<DT id="5"><B>-c</B>
<DD>
This option is silently ignored.
<DT id="6"><B>-l</B>
<DD>
This option is silently ignored.
<DT id="7"><B>-h</B>,<B> --help</B>
<DD>
Display help text and exit.
<DT id="8"><B>-V</B>,<B> --version</B>
<DD>
Display version information and exit.
Option
<B>-V</B>
only works as
<B>--version</B>
when it is the only option.
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<H2>EXIT CODES</H2>
The exit code returned by
<B>mkfs.bfs</B>
is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+mkfs">mkfs</A></B>(8)
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<H2>AVAILABILITY</H2>
The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.">https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.</A>
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAF">EXIT CODES</A><DD>
<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAH">AVAILABILITY</A><DD>
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