| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| Theodore Ts'o | a418d3a | 1997-04-26 14:00:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | .\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved. |
| 3 | .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. |
| 4 | .\" |
| Theodore Ts'o | 74becf3 | 1997-04-26 14:37:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | .TH MKLOST+FOUND 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@" |
| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | .SH NAME |
| 7 | mklost+found \- create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux |
| 8 | second extended file system |
| 9 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 10 | .B mklost+found |
| 11 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 12 | .B mklost+found |
| Theodore Ts'o | caf8ce4 | 1999-10-21 19:56:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 13 | is used to create a |
| 14 | .I lost+found |
| 15 | directory in the current working directory on a Linux second extended |
| 16 | file system. There is normally a |
| 17 | .I lost+found |
| 18 | directory in the root directory of each filesystem. |
| 19 | .PP |
| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | .B mklost+found |
| Theodore Ts'o | caf8ce4 | 1999-10-21 19:56:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 21 | pre-allocates disk blocks to the |
| 22 | .I lost+found |
| 23 | directory so that when |
| 24 | .BR e2fsck (8) |
| 25 | is being run to recover a filesystem, it does not need to allocate blocks in |
| 26 | the filesystem to store a large number of unlinked files. This ensures that |
| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | .B e2fsck |
| Theodore Ts'o | caf8ce4 | 1999-10-21 19:56:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 28 | will not have to allocate data blocks in the filesystem during recovery. |
| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 30 | There are none. |
| 31 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 32 | .B mklost+found |
| 33 | has been written by Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>, the developer and maintainer |
| 34 | of the ext2 fs. |
| 35 | .SH BUGS |
| 36 | There are none :-) |
| 37 | .SH AVAILABILITY |
| 38 | .B mklost+found |
| Theodore Ts'o | a789d84 | 1998-03-30 01:20:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available for anonymous |
| 40 | ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu in /pub/linux/packages/ext2fs. |
| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 42 | .BR e2fsck (8), |
| 43 | .BR mke2fs (8) |