mkfile.tproj/mkfile.8

   1 .\" (c) 1997 Apple Computer, Inc.
   2 .TH MKFILE 8 "1 September 1997"
   3 .SH NAME
   4 mkfile \- create a file
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS
   6 .B mkfile
   7 .RB [ " -nv " ]
   8 .I size\c
   9 [\c
  10 .BR b | k | m | g\c
  11 ]
  12 .IR filename " .\|.\|."
  13 .SH DESCRIPTION
  14 .B mkfile
  15 creates one or more files that are suitable for use as
  16 .SM NFS-\s0mounted
  17 swap areas.  The sticky bit is set, and
  18 the file is padded with zeroes by default.
  19 Non-root users must set the sticky bit using
  20 chmod(1).
  21 The default size unit is bytes, but the following suffixes
  22 may be used to multiply by the given factor:
  23 .B b
  24 (512),
  25 .B k
  26 (1024),
  27 .B m
  28 (1048576), and
  29 .B g
  30 (1073741824).
  31 .SH OPTIONS
  32 .TP
  33 .B \-n
  34 Create an empty
  35 .IR filename .
  36 The size is noted, but disk blocks aren't allocated until data is
  37 written to them.
  38 .TP
  39 .B \-v
  40 Verbose.  Report the names and sizes of created files.
  41 .SH WARNING
  42 If a client's swap file is removed and recreated, it must be
  43 re-exported before the client will be able to access it.
  44 This action may only be done when the client is not running.
  45 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  46 .TP
  47 chmod(2), stat(2), sticky(7)