mkudffs (8) Linux Manual Page

mkudffs – create an UDF filesystem

Synopsis

mkudffs [ switches ] device [ blocks-count ]

Description

mkudffs is used to create a UDF filesystem on a device (usually a disk). device is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g /dev/hdX). blocks-count is the number of blocks on the device. If omitted, mkudffs automagically figures the file system size.

Options

–help

Display the usage and list of options.

-b,–blocksize= block-size

Specify the size of blocks in bytes. Valid block size vales are 1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes per block. If omitted, mkudffs block-size is 2048.

-r,–udfrev= udf-revision

Specify the udf revision to use. Valid revisions are 0x0201, 0x0200, 0x0150, and 0x0102. If omitted, mkudffs udf-revision is 0x0201.

–lvid= logical-volume-ident

Specify the logical volume identifier.

–vid= volume-ident

Specify the volume identifier.

–vsid= volume-set-ident

Specify the volume set identifier.

–fsid= file-set-ident

Specify the file set identifier.

–strategy= strategy

Specify the allocation strategy to use. Valid strategies are 4 and 4096. If omitted, mkudffs strategy is based on the media-type.

–spartable= spartable-number

Specify the number of sparing tables to write to disc. Valid numbers are 1 – 4. This option implies –media-type=cdrw.

–media-type= media-type

Specify the media type. Valid media types are:

hd

hard drive

dvd

DVD (Digital Versital Disc)

dvdram

DVD-RAM (Digital Versital Disc-Random Access Memory)

worm

WORM (Write Once Ready Many)

mo

MO (Magneto Optical)

cdrw

CD-RW (CD Read-Write)

–space= space

freedbitmap

Freed bitmap

freedtable

Freed table

unallocbitmap

Unallocated bitmap

unalloctable

Unallocated table

–ad= ad

inicb

Allocation Descriptors in ICB

short

Short Allocation Descriptors

long

Long Allocation Descriptors

–noefe

Don’t Use Extended File Entries

–u8

Use 8-bit unicode for file names

–u16

Use 16-bit unicode for file names

–utf8

Use UTF-8 for file names

–closed

–bridge

–packetlen= length

Exit Status

mkudffs returns 0 if successful, non-zero if there are problems.

Author

Ben Fennema <bfennema [at] falcon.csc.calpoly.edu>

Availability

mkudffs is part of the udftools package and is available from http://linux-udf.sourceforge.net.