Linux mkfs.minix Command

What is Linux mkfs.minix Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mkfs.minix command in Linux. mkfs.minix command is mkfs.minix - make a Minix filesystem.

mkfs.minix Syntax#

mkfs.minix [options] device [size-in-blocks]

mkfs.minix Examples#

mkfs.minix Command Manual / Help#

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

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

man mkfs.minix

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

info mkfs.minix

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

mkfs.minix --help

Linux mkfs.minix Command Source Code#

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

• mkfs.minix 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.minix in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.