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MKFILE(8)              DragonFly System Manager's Manual             MKFILE(8)

NAME
     mkfile - create a file

SYNOPSIS
     mkfile [-nv] size[e|p|t|g|m|k|b] filename ...

DESCRIPTION
     mkfile creates one or more files that are suitable for use as NFS-mounted
     swap areas, or as local swap areas.  The file is padded with zeros by
     default.  The default size is in bytes, but it can be flagged as
     exabytes, petabytes, terabytes, gigabytes, megabytes, kilobytes, or
     blocks, with the e, p, t, g, m, k, or b suffixes, respectively.

     The following options are available:

     -n    Create an empty filename.  The size is noted, but disk blocks are
           not allocated until data is written to them.

     -v    Verbose.  Report the names and sizes of created files.

SEE ALSO
     swapon(2), swapon(8), mdconfig(8)

HISTORY
     A mkfile command first appeared in SunOS.

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT      January 21, 2004      DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT