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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-16 04:10:46 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-16 04:10:46 +0000
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm newfs ,
-.Nd construct a new file system
+.Nd construct a new filesystem
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl NOU
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Before running
the disk must be labeled using
.Xr disklabel 8 .
.Nm Newfs
-builds a file system on the specified special file.
+builds a filesystem on the specified special file.
(We often refer to the
.Dq special file
as the
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ The following options define the general layout policies:
.It Fl T Ar disktype
For backward compatibility.
.It Fl N
-Cause the file system parameters to be printed out
-without really creating the file system.
+Cause the filesystem parameters to be printed out
+without really creating the filesystem.
.It Fl U
Enables soft updates on the new filesystem.
.It Fl a Ar maxcontig
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ See
.Xr tunefs 8
for more details on how to set this option.
.It Fl b Ar block-size
-The block size of the file system, in bytes. It must be a power of 2. The
+The block size of the filesystem, in bytes. It must be a power of 2. The
default size is 16384 bytes, and the smallest allowable size is 4096 bytes.
The optimal block:fragment ratio is 8:1.
Other ratios are possible, but are not recommended,
and may produce unpredictable results.
.It Fl c Ar #cylinders/group
-The number of cylinders per cylinder group in a file system. The default
+The number of cylinders per cylinder group in a filesystem. The default
is to compute the maximum allowed by the other parameters. This value is
dependent on a number of other parameters, in particular the block size
and the number of bytes per inode.
@@ -111,25 +111,25 @@ See
.Xr tunefs 8
for more details on how to set this option.
.It Fl f Ar frag-size
-The fragment size of the file system in bytes. It must be a power of two
+The fragment size of the filesystem in bytes. It must be a power of two
ranging in value between
.Ar blocksize Ns /8
and
.Ar blocksize .
The default is 2048 bytes.
.It Fl g Ar avgfilesize
-The expected average file size for the file system.
+The expected average file size for the filesystem.
.It Fl h Ar avgfpdir
-The expected average number of files per directory on the file system.
+The expected average number of files per directory on the filesystem.
.It Fl i Ar number of bytes per inode
-Specify the density of inodes in the file system.
+Specify the density of inodes in the filesystem.
The default is to create an inode for every
.Pq 4 * Ar frag-size
bytes of data space.
If fewer inodes are desired, a larger number should be used;
to create more inodes a smaller number should be given.
One inode is required for each distinct file, so this value effectively
-specifies the average file size on the file system.
+specifies the average file size on the filesystem.
.It Fl m Ar free space \&%
The percentage of space reserved from normal users; the minimum free
space threshold.
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ See
for more details on how to set this option.
.It Fl o Ar optimization\ preference
.Pq Ar space No or Ar time .
-The file system can either be instructed to try to minimize the time spent
+The filesystem can either be instructed to try to minimize the time spent
allocating blocks, or to try to minimize the space fragmentation on the disk.
If the value of minfree (see above) is less than 8%,
the default is to optimize for
@@ -156,19 +156,19 @@ See
.Xr tunefs 8
for more details on how to set this option.
.It Fl s Ar size
-The size of the file system in sectors. This value defaults to the size of the
+The size of the filesystem in sectors. This value defaults to the size of the
raw partition specified in
.Ar special
(in other words,
.Nm
-will use the entire partition for the file system).
+will use the entire partition for the filesystem).
.El
.Pp
The following options override the standard sizes for the disk geometry.
Their default values are taken from the disk label.
Changing these defaults is useful only when using
.Nm
-to build a file system whose raw image will eventually be used on a
+to build a filesystem whose raw image will eventually be used on a
different type of disk than the one on which it is initially created
(for example on a write-once disk).
Note that changing any of these values from their defaults will make
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ If zero is specified, the value from the disklabel will be used.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Dl newfs /dev/ad3s1a
.Pp
-Creates a new ufs file system on
+Creates a new ufs filesystem on
.Pa ad3s1a .
.Nm
will use a block size of 16384 bytes, a fragment size of 2048 bytes
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