mklost+found(8)

1MKLOST+FOUND(8)             System Manager's Manual            MKLOST+FOUND(8)
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NAME

6       mklost+found  - create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second
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SYNOPSIS

10       mklost+found
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DESCRIPTION

13       mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory  in  the  current
14       working  directory  on  a  Linux second extended file system.  There is
15       normally a lost+found directory in the root directory of each file sys‐
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18       mklost+found  pre-allocates  disk blocks to the lost+found directory so
19       that when e2fsck(8) is being run to recover a file system, it does  not
20       need  to  allocate blocks in the file system to store a large number of
21       unlinked files.  This ensures that e2fsck will  not  have  to  allocate
22       data blocks in the file system during recovery.
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OPTIONS

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AUTHOR

28       mklost+found  has  been written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>.  It
29       is currently being maintained by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@alum.mit.edu>.
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BUGS

32       There are none :-)
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AVAILABILITY

35       mklost+found is part of the e2fsprogs package  and  is  available  from
36       http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
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