| bigbiff bigbiff | 2e33c5e | 2014-09-04 20:58:41 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .\" Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Andrew Nayenko |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 9c75405 | 2013-01-09 09:09:08 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | .\" |
| 3 | .TH MKEXFATFS 8 "January 2011" |
| 4 | .SH NAME |
| 5 | .B mkexfatfs |
| 6 | \- create an exFAT file system |
| 7 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 8 | .B mkexfatfs |
| 9 | [ |
| 10 | .B \-i |
| 11 | .I volume-id |
| 12 | ] |
| 13 | [ |
| 14 | .B \-n |
| 15 | .I volume-name |
| 16 | ] |
| 17 | [ |
| 18 | .B \-p |
| 19 | .I partition-first-sector |
| 20 | ] |
| 21 | [ |
| 22 | .B \-s |
| 23 | .I sectors-per-cluster |
| 24 | ] |
| 25 | [ |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 004e2df | 2013-07-03 14:52:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | .B \-V |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 9c75405 | 2013-01-09 09:09:08 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | ] |
| 28 | .I device |
| 29 | |
| 30 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 31 | .B mkexfatfs |
| 32 | creates an exFAT file system on a block device. |
| 33 | .I device |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 2e33c5e | 2014-09-04 20:58:41 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | is a special file corresponding to the partition on the device. Note that if |
| 35 | this is an MBR partition then the file system type should be set to 0x07 |
| 36 | (NTFS/exFAT) otherwise other operating systems may refuse to mount the |
| 37 | file system. |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 9c75405 | 2013-01-09 09:09:08 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | |
| 39 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 40 | Command line options available: |
| 41 | .TP |
| 42 | .BI \-i " volume-id" |
| 43 | A 32-bit hexadecimal number. By default a value based on current time is set. |
| 44 | .TP |
| 45 | .BI \-n " volume-name" |
| 46 | Volume name (label), up to 15 characters. By default no label is set. |
| 47 | .TP |
| 48 | .BI \-p " partition-first-sector" |
| 49 | First sector of the partition starting from the beginning of the whole disk. |
| 50 | exFAT super block has a field for this value but in fact it's optional and |
| 51 | does not affect anything. Default is 0. |
| 52 | .TP |
| 53 | .BI \-s " sectors-per-cluster" |
| 54 | Number of physical sectors per cluster (cluster is an allocation unit in |
| 55 | exFAT). Must be a power of 2, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, etc. Cluster size can not |
| 56 | exceed 32 MB. Default cluster sizes are: |
| 57 | 4 KB if volume size is less than 256 MB, |
| 58 | 32 KB if volume size is from 256 MB to 32 GB, |
| 59 | 128 KB if volume size is 32 GB or larger. |
| 60 | .TP |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 004e2df | 2013-07-03 14:52:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | .BI \-V |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 9c75405 | 2013-01-09 09:09:08 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | Print version and copyright. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | .SH EXIT CODES |
| 65 | Zero is returned on successful creation. Any other code means an error. |
| 66 | |
| 67 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 68 | Andrew Nayenko |
| 69 | |
| 70 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| bigbiff bigbiff | 2e33c5e | 2014-09-04 20:58:41 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | .BR mkfs (8), fdisk (8) |