mkfile

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                   mkfile(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      mkfile - create a file
 


SYNOPSIS
      mkfile [ -nv ]  size  [ k | b  | m ]  filename ...
 


DESCRIPTION
      mkfile creates one or more files that are suitable  for  use
      as  NFS-mounted  swap  areas, or as local swap areas. When a
      root user executes mkfile(), the sticky bit is set  and  the
      file  is padded with zeros by default.   When non-root users
      execute  mkfile(), they must manually  set  the  sticky  bit
      using  chmod(1). The default size is in bytes, but it can be
      flagged as kilobytes, blocks, or megabytes, with the  k,  b,
      or m suffixes, respectively.
 


OPTIONS
      -n    Create an empty filename. The size is noted, but  disk
            blocks  are  not  allocated  until  data is written to
            them. Files created with this option cannot be swapped
            over local UFS mounts.
 
      -v    Verbose.  Report the names and sizes of created files.
 
 USAGE
      See largefile(5) for the  description  of  the  behavior  of
      mkfile  when  encountering  files greater than or equal to 2
      Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      chmod(1), swap(1M), attributes(5), largefile(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 16 Sep 1996                    1
 
 
 

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