mkfs

mkfs
Original authorsKen Thompson,
Dennis Ritchie
DeveloperAT&T Bell Laboratories
Release1979 (1979)
Operating systemUnix and Unix-like
TypeCommand

In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, mkfs and newfs are commands used to format a block storage device with a specific file system. In those systems, a block storage device must be formatted with a file system before it can be mounted and accessed through the operating system's filesystem hierarchy.

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