mklost+found(8) — Linux manual page
MKLOST+FOUND(8) System Manager's Manual MKLOST+FOUND(8)
NAME
mklost+found - create a lost+found directory on a mounted
ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
SYNOPSIS
mklost+found
DESCRIPTION
mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the
current working directory on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system.
There is normally a lost+found directory in the root directory of
each file system.
mklost+found pre-allocates disk blocks to the lost+found
directory so that when e2fsck(8) is being run to recover a file
system, it does not need to allocate blocks in the file system to
store a large number of unlinked files. This ensures that e2fsck
will not have to allocate data blocks in the file system during
recovery.
OPTIONS
There are none.
AUTHOR
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>.
BUGS
There are none :-)
AVAILABILITY
mklost+found is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available
from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
SEE ALSO
e2fsck(8), mke2fs(8)
COLOPHON
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