hi,
On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 09:53:34PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Detlef Vollmann wrote:
>
> > Minor problem: syntax
> > mkfs.xfs does not conform to the mkfs syntax (at least not to
> > the one described in mkfs(8) on Linux and which I know since
> > more than 15 years now :-}
> > mkfs -t xfs /dev/xxx 1234
> > produces just an error message on the size parameter :-(
>
> Part of the problem here is that "mkfs" is really just a wrapper for the
> actual "mkfs.foo" for each filesystem "foo"... the mkfs man page was
> probably written before there were any filesystems that had the concept
> of a log. So when the filesystem has 2 or even 3 things that can get a
> size, (data, log, realtime...) simply placing a number of blocks at the
> end is ambiguous.
Yup. From an XFS point of view, I guess the only sane interpretation
for this extra argument would be to treat it as the size of the data
device. Or just not worry about it - it may actually be more helpful
to see the usage message & know what mkfs options are available.
cheers.
--
Nathan
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