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Theodore Ts'o74becf31997-04-26 14:37:06 +00005.TH MKLOST+FOUND 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +00006.SH NAME
7mklost+found \- create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux
8second extended file system
9.SH SYNOPSIS
10.B mklost+found
11.SH DESCRIPTION
12.B mklost+found
Theodore Ts'ocaf8ce41999-10-21 19:56:34 +000013is used to create a
14.I lost+found
15directory in the current working directory on a Linux second extended
16file system. There is normally a
17.I lost+found
18directory in the root directory of each filesystem.
19.PP
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +000020.B mklost+found
Theodore Ts'ocaf8ce41999-10-21 19:56:34 +000021pre-allocates disk blocks to the
22.I lost+found
23directory so that when
24.BR e2fsck (8)
25is being run to recover a filesystem, it does not need to allocate blocks in
26the filesystem to store a large number of unlinked files. This ensures that
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +000027.B e2fsck
Theodore Ts'ocaf8ce41999-10-21 19:56:34 +000028will not have to allocate data blocks in the filesystem during recovery.
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +000029.SH OPTIONS
30There are none.
31.SH AUTHOR
32.B mklost+found
Theodore Ts'offe4cab2000-04-03 13:27:41 +000033has been written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>.
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +000034.SH BUGS
35There are none :-)
36.SH AVAILABILITY
37.B mklost+found
Theodore Ts'oa789d841998-03-30 01:20:55 +000038is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available for anonymous
39ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu in /pub/linux/packages/ext2fs.
Theodore Ts'o3839e651997-04-26 13:21:57 +000040.SH SEE ALSO
41.BR e2fsck (8),
42.BR mke2fs (8)