mkfs - construct a file system

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SYNOPSIS

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

mkfs constructs a file system on the the raw_device_file by calling the specific mkfs module indicated by -F FSType.

Note: ufs file systems are normally created with the newfs.1m command.

generic_options are independent of file system type. FSType-specific_options is a comma-separated list of keyword=value pairs (with no intervening spaces), which are FSType-specific. raw_device_file specifies the disk partition on which to write the file system. It is required and must be the first argument following the specific_options (if any). operands are FSType-specific. See the FSType-specific manual page of mkfs (for example, mkfs_ufs.1m for a detailed description.

OPTIONS

The following are the generic options for mkfs:

-F

Specify the FSType to be constructed. If -F is not specified, the FSType is determined from /etc/vfstab by matching the raw_device_file with a vfstab entry, or by consulting the /etc/default/fs file.

-V

Echo the complete command line, but do not execute the command. The command line is generated by using the options and arguments provided and adding to them information derived from /etc/vfstab or /etc/default/fs. This option may be used to verify and validate the command line.

-m

Return the command line which was used to create the file system. The file system must already exist. This option provides a means of determining the command used in constructing the file system.

-o

Specify FSType-specific options. See the manual page for the mkfs module specific to the file system type.

FILES

/etc/default/fs

Default file system type. Default values can be set for the following flags in /etc/default/fs. For example: LOCAL=ufs

LOCAL:

The default partition for a command if no FSType is specified.

/etc/vfstab

List of default parameters for each file system

SEE ALSO

NOTES

Created by unroff & hp-tools. © by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).

Last modified 21/April/97