fsadm_hfs(1M)fsadm_hfs(1M)NAME
fsadm_hfs: fsadm - HFS file system administration command
SYNOPSIS
specific_options] special
DESCRIPTION
The command is designed to perform selected administration tasks on HFS
file systems. special is a device file containing an unmounted file
system.
Only a superuser can invoke
Options
Specify the HFS file system type.
Specify a list of comma separated
suboptions and/or keyword/attribute pairs from the list
below. The following specific_options are valid on HFS
file systems.
Converts a file system to a file system. The
file system should be unmounted and
must be in a clean state (see
fsck(1M)). A file system supports
file sizes greater than 2 gigabytes.
Converts a file system to a file system. The
file system should be umounted and
must be in a clean state (see
fsck(1M)). All should be purged
from the file system for the conver‐
sion to succeed.
Echo the completed command line,
but perform no other action. The command line is gener‐
ated by incorporating the user-specified options and
other information derived from This option allows the
user to verify the command line.
DIAGNOSTICS
Error and warning messages may originate from and See fsadm(1M) or
fsck(1M) to interpret the error and warning messages.
EXAMPLES
Convert a HFS file system to a HFS file system:
Convert a HFS file system to a file system:
Display relevant HFS file system statistics:
WARNINGS
The size of a file system will impact the performance of the command.
During conversion from largefiles file system to a nolargefiles file
system scans the entire file system for a large file. This functional‐
ity degrades the performance of the command.
FILES
Static information about the systems
SEE ALSOfsadm(1M), fsadm_vxfs(1M), fsck(1M), fstab(4), fs_wrapper(5).
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