NAME
newfs — construct a new file system
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/newfs
[-F
FStype]
[-o
specific_options]
[-V]
special
DESCRIPTION
The
newfs
command is a "friendly" front-end to the
mkfs
command (see
mkfs(1M)).
The
newfs
command calculates the appropriate parameters and
then builds the file system by invoking the
mkfs
command.
special
represents a character (raw) special device.
Options
newfs
recognizes the following options:
- -F FStype
Specify the file system type on which to operate (see
fstyp(1M)
and
fs_wrapper(5)).
If this option is not included on the command line,
then the file system type is determined from the file
/etc/fstab
by matching
special
with an entry in that file.
If there is no entry in
/etc/fstab,
then the file system type is determined from the file
/etc/default/fs.
Current valid
Fstype
values are:
hfs
and
vxfs
for the HFS and JFS (VxFS) file systems, respectively.
- -o specific_options
Specify options specific to the file system type.
specific_options
is a list of suboptions and/or keyword/attribute pairs
intended for an
FStype-specific
module of the command.
See the file system specific manual entries for a description of the
specific_options
that are supported, if any.
- -V
Echo the completed command line, but perform no other actions.
The command line is generated by incorporating
the specified options and arguments
and other information derived from
/etc/fstab.
This option allows the user to verify the command line.
EXAMPLES
Execute the
newfs
command to create an HFS file system on
/dev/rdisk/disk2
newfs -F hfs /dev/rdisk/disk2
AUTHOR
newfs
was developed by HP and the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES
- /etc/default/fs
File that specifies the default file system type.
- /etc/fstab
Static information about the file systems.
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