NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       mklost+found  - create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second
       extended file system

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       mklost+found

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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 filesystem 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    [Toc]    [Back]

       There are none.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       mklost+found has been written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       There are none :-)

AVAILABILITY    [Toc]    [Back]

       mklost+found  is  part  of  the e2fsprogs package and is available from
       http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       e2fsck(8), mke2fs(8)



E2fsprogs version 1.27		  March 2002		       MKLOST+FOUND(8)