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NEWLFS(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		     NEWLFS(8)

NAME
     newlfs — construct a new LFS file system

SYNOPSIS
     newlfs -L [newlfs-options] special

DESCRIPTION
     Newlfs builds a log-structured file system on the specified special
     device basing its defaults on the information in the disk label.  (Before
     running newlfs the disk must be labeled using disklabel(8) .)

     The following options define the general layout policies.

     -B		 The logical segment size of the file system in bytes.

     -b block-size
		 The block size of the file system in bytes.

     -L		 Create a log-structured file system (LFS).  This flag is cur‐
		 rently required.

     -m free space %
		 The percentage of space reserved from normal users; the mini‐
		 mum free space threshold.  The default value used is 10%.
		 See tunefs(8) for more details on how to set this option.

     -s size	 The size of the file system in sectors.

SEE ALSO
     disktab(5), fs(5), dumplfs(8), disklabel(8), diskpart(8), tunefs(8)

     M. McKusick, W. Joy, S. Leffler, and R. Fabry, "A Fast File System for
     UNIX,", ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 2, 3, pp 181-197, August
     1984, (reprinted in the BSD System Manager's Manual).

HISTORY
     The newlfs command appeared in 4.4BSD.

4.4BSD				 June 19, 1993				4.4BSD
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