Linux mkfs.cramfs Command

What is Linux mkfs.cramfs Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mkfs.cramfs command in Linux. mkfs.cramfs command is mkfs.cramfs - make compressed ROM file system.

mkfs.cramfs Syntax#

mkfs.cramfs [options] directory file

mkfs.cramfs Examples#

mkfs.cramfs Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of mkfs.cramfs command. mkfs.cramfs command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for mkfs.cramfs command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man mkfs.cramfs

To open info page for mkfs.cramfs command we can use command below.

info mkfs.cramfs

To open help page from mkfs.cramfs command we can run command below.

mkfs.cramfs --help

Linux mkfs.cramfs Command Source Code#

You can find mkfs.cramfs command source code from the folowing repositories:

• mkfs.cramfs source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mkfs.cramfs in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.