MKFS.BFS(8)

NAME

mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystem

SYNOPSIS

mkfs.bfs  [-N  nr-of-inodes] [-V volume-name] [-F fsname] device [size-
in-blocks]

DESCRIPTION

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 size-in-blocks parameter is the desired size of the file system, in blocks. If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.

OPTIONS

-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.
-V volume-label
Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used.
-F fsname
Specify the fsname. I have no idea if/where this is used.
-v Be verbose.

EXIT CODES

The exit code returned by mkfs.bfs is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.

SEE ALSO

mkfs(8).

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/.
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