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+.\" Copyright 1999 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
+.\" May be freely distributed.
+.TH MKFS.BFS 8 "July 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.SH NAME
+mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B mkfs.bfs
+.RI [ options ] " device " [ block-count ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B mkfs.bfs
+creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device
+(usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
+.PP
+The
+.I block-count
+parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks.
+If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-N , " \-\-inodes " \fInumber\fR
+Specify the desired \fInumber\fR 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.
+.TP
+.BR \-V , " \-\-vname " \fIlabel\fR
+Specify the volume \fIlabel\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used.
+.TP
+.BR \-F , " \-\-fname " \fIname\fR
+Specify the filesystem \fIname\fR. I have no idea if/where this is used.
+.TP
+.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose"
+Explain what is being done.
+.TP
+.B \-c
+This option is silently ignored.
+.TP
+.B \-l
+This option is silently ignored.
+.TP
+.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
+Display help text and exit.
+.TP
+.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
+Output version information and exit.
+Option
+.B \-V
+only works as
+.B \-\-version
+when it is the only option.
+.SH "EXIT CODES"
+The exit code returned by
+.B mkfs.bfs
+is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR mkfs (8).
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
+ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.