Problem with mkfs.xfs on a regular file

[Phil White]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 06:31:19PM -0800, Phil White wrote:
> Gents:
> 
> I was making an image for a VM using everyone's favorite fs with a line
> that looked something like this:
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> dd if=/dev/zero of=~/image bs=1024 count=1048576 && ./mkfs/mkfs.xfs && mount -o loop ~/image /mnt/loop
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Obviously, I intended "mkfs.xfs -f /root/image".

Why is proofreading *AFTER* you send an email so much more effective?

-Phil