Linux manual pages Section 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/.


  Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aebcwi.nl)
May be freely distributed.