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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXIT STATUS | SEE ALSO | REPORTING BUGS | AVAILABILITY 

MKFS.BFS(8)               System Administration               MKFS.BFS(8)

NAME         top

       mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystem

SYNOPSIS         top

       mkfs.bfs [options] device [block-count]

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       -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.

       -V, --vname label
           Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is
           used.

       -F, --fname name
           Specify the filesystem name. I have no idea if/where this is
           used.

       --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), or nonblock. If the mode argument is omitted, it defaults
           to yes. 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.

       -v, --verbose
           Explain what is being done.

       -c
           This option is silently ignored.

       -l
           This option is silently ignored.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Display version and exit. Option -V only works as --version
           when it is the only option.

EXIT STATUS         top

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

SEE ALSO         top

       mkfs(8)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker
       <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY         top

       The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package which can
       be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page is
       part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux utilities)
       project. Information about the project can be found at 
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