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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 exclusive BSD lock for device or file it operates. The
           optional argument mode can be yes, no (or 1 and 0) or
           nonblock. If the mode argument is omitted, it defaults to yes.
           This option overwrites environment variable
           $LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE. The default is not to use any lock at all,
           but it’s 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
           Print 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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