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Diffstat (limited to 'disk-utils')
| -rw-r--r-- | disk-utils/mkfs.8 | 27 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8 index 0422c106..80bfcb95 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8 @@ -4,20 +4,12 @@ mkfs \- build a Linux file system .SH SYNOPSIS .B mkfs -[ -.B \-V -] -[ -.B \-t -.I fstype -] -[ -.B fs-options -] +.RB [ \-V ] +.RB [ \-t +.IR fstype ] +.RI [ fs-options ] .I filesys -[ -.I blocks -] +.RI [ blocks ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B mkfs is used to build a Linux file system on a device, usually @@ -25,7 +17,8 @@ a hard disk partition. .I filesys is either the device name (e.g. .IR /dev/hda1 , -.IR /dev/sdb2 ). +.IR /dev/sdb2 ), +or a regular file that shall contain the file system. .I blocks is the number of blocks to be used for the file system. .PP @@ -36,7 +29,7 @@ is 0 on success and 1 on failure. In actuality, .B mkfs is simply a front-end for the various file system builders -(\fBmkfs\fR.\fIfstype\fR) +(\fBmkfs.\fIfstype\fR) available under Linux. The file system-specific builder is searched for in a number of directories like perhaps @@ -68,8 +61,8 @@ Specifies the type of file system to be built. If not specified, the default file system type (currently ext2) is used. .TP -.B fs-options -File system-specific options to be passed to the real file +.I fs-options +File system-specific options to be passed to the real file system builder. Although not guaranteed, the following options are supported by most file system builders. |