MKFS - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 8
Updated : 2022-05-11
Source : util−linux 2.38.1
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NAMEmkfs − build a Linux filesystem

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SYNOPSISmkfs [options] [−t type] [fs−options] device [size]

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DESCRIPTIONThis mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils. mkfs is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usually a hard disk partition. The device argument is either the device name (e.g., /dev/hda1, /dev/sdb2), or a regular file that shall contain the filesystem. The size argument is the number of blocks to be used for the filesystem. The exit status returned by mkfs is 0 on success and 1 on failure. In actuality, mkfs is simply a front−end for the various filesystem builders (mkfs.fstype) available under Linux. The filesystem−specific builder is searched for via your PATH environment setting only. Please see the filesystem−specific builder manual pages for further details.

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OPTIONS−t, −−type type Specify the type of filesystem to be built. If not specified, the default filesystem type (currently ext2) is used. fs−options Filesystem−specific options to be passed to the real filesystem builder. −V, −−verbose Produce verbose output, including all filesystem−specific commands that are executed. Specifying this option more than once inhibits execution of any filesystem−specific commands. This is really only useful for testing. −h, −−help Display help text and exit. −V, −−version Print version and exit. (Option −V will display version information only when it is the only parameter, otherwise it will work as −−verbose.)

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BUGSAll generic options must precede and not be combined with filesystem−specific options. Some filesystem−specific programs do not automatically detect the device size and require the size parameter to be specified.

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AUTHORSDavid Engel <david@ods.com>, Fred N. van Kempen <waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>, Ron Sommeling <sommel@sci.kun.nl>. The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card’s version for the ext2 filesystem.

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SEE ALSOfs(5), badblocks(8), fsck(8), mkdosfs(8), mke2fs(8), mkfs.bfs(8), mkfs.ext2(8), mkfs.ext3(8), mkfs.ext4(8), mkfs.minix(8), mkfs.msdos(8), mkfs.vfat(8), mkfs.xfs(8)

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REPORTING BUGSFor bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util−linux/util−linux/issues>.

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AVAILABILITYThe mkfs 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/>. 0

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