| .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| .\" Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by Theodore Ts'o. All Rights Reserved. |
| .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. |
| .\" |
| .TH MKLOST+FOUND 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@" |
| .SH NAME |
| mklost+found \- create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux |
| second extended file system |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B mklost+found |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B mklost+found |
| is used to create a |
| .I lost+found |
| directory in the current working directory on a Linux second extended |
| file system. There is normally a |
| .I lost+found |
| directory in the root directory of each filesystem. |
| .PP |
| .B mklost+found |
| pre-allocates disk blocks to the |
| .I lost+found |
| directory so that when |
| .BR e2fsck (8) |
| is being run to recover a filesystem, it does not need to allocate blocks in |
| the filesystem to store a large number of unlinked files. This ensures that |
| .B e2fsck |
| will not have to allocate data blocks in the filesystem during recovery. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| There are none. |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| .B mklost+found |
| has been written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>. It is currently being |
| maintained by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@alum.mit.edu>. |
| .SH BUGS |
| There are none :-) |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| .B mklost+found |
| is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from |
| http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR e2fsck (8), |
| .BR mke2fs (8) |
