MKFS_UDFS(1M)MKFS_UDFS(1M)NAMEmkfs_udfs - construct a udfs file system
SYNOPSIS
mkfs -F udfs [generic_options] [-o specific_options] raw_device_file
[size]
DESCRIPTION
This is the universal disk format file system (udfs) -specific module
of the mkfs command. mkfs constructs a udfs file system with a root
directory.
OPTIONS
See mkfs(1M) for the list of supported generic_options.
The following options are supported:
-o specific_options
Specify a udfs-specific option. Specify udfs
file system specific options in a comma-sepa‐
rated list with no intervening spaces. If
invalid options are specified, a warning message
is printed and the invalid options are ignored.
The following specific_options are available:
N
Print the file system parameters
without actually creating the
file system.
label=string
Specify the label to be written
into the volume header struc‐
tures. Specify string as the
name of the label. If string is
not specified, a default string
is generated in the form of
*NoLabel*.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
raw_device_file
Specify the disk partition on which to write.
size
Specify the number of 512-byte blocks in the file
system.
SEE ALSOfsck(1M),mkfs(1M), attributes(5)DIAGNOSTICS
not currently a valid file system
The specified device does not contain a valid udfs file system.
Invalid size: larger than the partition size
Number of blocks given as parameter to create the file system is larger
than the size of the device specified.
is mounted can't mkfs
Device is in use, cannot create file system when the device is in use.
preposterous size
Negative size parameter provided is invalid.
sector size must be between 512, 8192 bytes
Sector size given is not in the valid range.
Volume integrity sequence descriptors too long
File set descriptor too long.
Not enough space to create volume integrity sequence or file set
descriptor.
mkfs: argument out of range
One of the arguments is out of range.
mkfs: bad numeric arg
One of the arguments is potentially a bad numeric.
NOTES
You can use lofiadm to create a file that appears to a mkfs command
(for example, mkfs_pcfs or mkfs_ufs) as a raw device. You can then use
a mkfs command to create a file system on that device. See lofiadm(1M)
for examples of creating a UFS and a PC (FAT) file system on a device
created by lofiadm.
Nov 17, 2000 MKFS_UDFS(1M)
