MKFILE(1M)MKFILE(1M)NAMEmkfile - create a file
SYNOPSISmkfile [-nv] size [g | k | b | m] filename...
DESCRIPTIONmkfile creates one or more files that are suitable for use as NFS-
mounted swap areas, or as local swap areas. When a root user executes
mkfile(), the sticky bit is set and the file is padded with zeros by
default. When non-root users execute mkfile(), they must manually
set the sticky bit using chmod(1). The default size is in bytes, but
it can be flagged as gigabytes, kilobytes, blocks, or megabytes, with
the g, k, b, or m suffixes, respectively.
OPTIONS-n
Create an empty filename. The size is noted, but disk blocks are
not allocated until data is written to them. Files created with
this option cannot be swapped over local UFS mounts.
-v
Verbose. Report the names and sizes of created files.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0
Success.
>0
An error occurred.
USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of mkfile when
encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Committed │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
SEE ALSOchmod(1), swap(1M), attributes(5), largefile(5)
Feb 20, 2008 MKFILE(1M)