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diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 index 2deeaf187..e46a76898 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 @@ -1,17 +1,11 @@ .\" Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" May be freely distributed. -.TH MKFS.MINIX 8 "June 2011" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.TH MKFS.MINIX 8 "June 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration" .SH NAME mkfs.minix \- make a Minix filesystem .SH SYNOPSIS .B mkfs.minix -.RB [ \-c | \-l -.IR filename ] -.RB [ \-n -.IR namelength ] -.RB [ \-i -.IR inodecount ] -.RB [ \-v ] +[options] .I device .RI [ size-in-blocks ] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -31,6 +25,9 @@ is usually of the following form: .RE .fi +The device may be a block device or a image file of one, but this is not +enforced. Expect not much fun on a character device :-). +.PP The .I size-in-blocks parameter is the desired size of the file system, in blocks. @@ -40,20 +37,20 @@ Only block counts strictly greater than 10 and strictly less than 65536 are allowed. .SH OPTIONS .TP -.B \-c +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR Check the device for bad blocks before creating the filesystem. If any are found, the count is printed. .TP -.BI \-n " namelength" +\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-namelength\fR \fIlength\fR Specify the maximum length of filenames. Currently, the only allowable values are 14 and 30. The default is 30. Note that kernels older than 0.99p7 only accept namelength 14. .TP -.BI \-i " inodecount" +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inodes\fR \fInumber\fR Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem. .TP -.BI \-l " filename" +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-badblocks\fR \fIfilename\fR Read the list of bad blocks from .IR filename . The file has one bad-block number per line. The count of bad blocks read @@ -67,6 +64,13 @@ Make a Minix version 2 filesystem. .TP .B \-3 Make a Minix version 3 filesystem. +.TP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +Display version information and exit. The long option cannot be combined +with other options. +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +Display help text and exit. .SH "EXIT CODES" The exit code returned by .B mkfs.minix |