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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 Utilities"
.SH NAME
mkfs.bfs \- make an SCO bfs filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkfs.bfs
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice \fR[\fIblock-count\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mkfs.bfs
creates an SCO bfs file-system 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 file system, in blocks.
If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-inodes\fR=\fINUM\fR
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.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-vname\fR=\fINAME\fR
Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used.
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-fname\fR=\fINAME\fR
Specify the fsname. I have no idea if/where this is used.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Explain what is being done.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR
This option is silently ignored.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR
This option is silently ignored.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Output version information and exit.
\fB\-V\fR works only when specified as an only option.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help and exit.
.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/.