NAME

newfs_fskit — construct a new file system using FSKit

SYNOPSYS

newfs_fskit [--progress] -t fstype [module_options] resource

DESCRIPTION

The newfs_fskit utility creates FSKit file systems.

The options are as follows:

--progress

causes newfs_fskit to display a progres bar during the creation operation.

-t fstype

Use the FSKit Module named fstype to perform the creation operation.

module_options

Any options supplied as module_options are passed to the file system module as part of the operation. The valid syntax for these options is set by the specified module.

If the selected module's syntax supports a -t option, it is possible for a command invocation to have multiple -t instances. The first instance must follow the syntax here and include the fstype. The second may appear anywhere within the module_options and follow the syntax of the module.

RESOURCE

FSModules use different storage and connection technologies as the basis for file systems. FSKit uses the term Resource to cover this variety. FSKit recognizes three categories of resources:

Block Device

This category covers traditional disk drives and partitions. An example resource of this kind is: /dev/disk2s1 or /dev/rdisk2s1. FSKit does not differentiate between block and raw disk semantics. diskarbitrationd(8) can automatically mount file systems which use these resources.

Path URL

This category covers a file system using a pre-existing volume as its data storage. Additionally, the newfs_fskit command shares path access privileges with the FSModule. An example resource of this kind is: file:///private/tmp/workdir

Generic URL

This category covers file systems using other connection technologies. The structure of these resources is that they are URLs following a scheme specific to the file system.

SEE ALSO

diskarbitrationd(8), fsck_fskit(8)