MKLOST+FOUND(8) System Manager's Manual MKLOST+FOUND(8)
NAME
mklost+found - create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second extended file sys‐
tem
SYNOPSIS
mklost+found
DESCRIPTION
mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current working directory on
a Linux second extended file system. There is normally a lost+found directory in the root
directory of each filesystem.
mklost+found pre-allocates disk blocks to the lost+found directory so that when e2fsck(8)
is being run to recover a filesystem, it does not need to allocate blocks in the filesys‐
tem to store a large number of unlinked files. This ensures that e2fsck will not have to
allocate data blocks in the filesystem during recovery.
OPTIONS
There are none.
AUTHOR
mklost+found has been written by Remy Card . It is currently being
maintained by Theodore Ts'o .
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)
E2fsprogs version 1.42.13 May 2015 MKLOST+FOUND(8)
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