mkfile(1m) - osol9

1mkfile(1M)              System Administration Commands              mkfile(1M)
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NAME

6       mkfile - create a file
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SYNOPSIS

9       mkfile [-nv] size [g | k | b | m] filename...
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DESCRIPTION

13       mkfile  creates  one  or  more  files that are suitable for use as NFS-
14       mounted swap areas, or as local swap areas. When a root  user  executes
15       mkfile(),  the  sticky  bit is set and the file is padded with zeros by
16       default.   When non-root users execute  mkfile(),  they  must  manually
17       set  the  sticky bit using  chmod(1). The default size is in bytes, but
18       it can be flagged as gigabytes, kilobytes, blocks, or  megabytes,  with
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OPTIONS

22       -n    Create  an empty filename. The size is noted, but disk blocks are
23             not allocated until data is written to them. Files  created  with
24             this option cannot be swapped over local UFS mounts.
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27       -v    Verbose.  Report the names and sizes of created files.
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EXIT STATUS

31       The following exit values are returned:
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USAGE

40       See  largefile(5)  for  the  description of the behavior of mkfile when
41       encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
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ATTRIBUTES

44       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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49       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
50       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
51       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
52       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
53       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
54       │Interface Stability          │Committed                    │
55       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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