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5.TH MKLOST+FOUND 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
6.SH NAME
7mklost+found \- create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux
8second extended file system
9.SH SYNOPSIS
10.B mklost+found
11.SH DESCRIPTION
12.B mklost+found
13is used to create a
14.I lost+found
15directory in the current working directory on a Linux second extended
16file system. There is normally a
17.I lost+found
18directory in the root directory of each filesystem.
19.PP
20.B mklost+found
21pre-allocates disk blocks to the
22.I lost+found
23directory so that when
24.BR e2fsck (8)
25is being run to recover a filesystem, it does not need to allocate blocks in
26the filesystem to store a large number of unlinked files. This ensures that
27.B e2fsck
28will not have to allocate data blocks in the filesystem during recovery.
29.SH OPTIONS
30There are none.
31.SH AUTHOR
32.B mklost+found
33has been written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>. It is currently being
34maintained by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@alum.mit.edu>.
35.SH BUGS
36There are none :-)
37.SH AVAILABILITY
38.B mklost+found
39is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
40http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
41.SH SEE ALSO
42.BR e2fsck (8),
43.BR mke2fs (8)