MKFILE(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures MKFILE(8)
NAME
mkfile - create a file
SYNOPSIS
mkfile [
-nv]
size [g | 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 gigabytes, kilobytes, blocks, or megabytes, with
the
g,
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.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Success.
>0 An error occurred.
USAGE
See
largefile(7) for the description of the behavior of
mkfile when
encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
ATTRIBUTES
See
attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Committed |
+--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
chmod(1),
attributes(7),
largefile(7),
swap(8) February 20, 2008 MKFILE(8)
