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 system
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 file sys-
tem.
mklost+found pre-allocates disk blocks to the lost+found directory so
that when e2fsck(8) is being run to recover a file system, it does not
need to allocate blocks in the file system to store a large number of
unlinked files. This ensures that e2fsck will not have to allocate
data blocks in the file system during recovery.
OPTIONS
There are none.
AUTHOR
mklost+found has been written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>. It
is currently being maintained by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@alum.mit.edu>.
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 1.47.0 February 2023 MKLOST+FOUND(8)
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