-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 2013-04-26 at 15:11 +0300, ellanios82 wrote:
On 04/26/2013 01:56 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
mkfs -t ext4 /tmp ??
/tmp is a directory, not a device. You can not format a directory.
- thank you
~ i did note that : http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl8_mkfs.htm
mentions " filesys is either the device name or the mount point ) "
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~ wondered if maybe, /tmp might be considered a 'mount-point'
It is a mount point if you created it as a mount point, ie, if you are mounting something in there. You can check for yourself: cer@Telcontar:~> mount | grep /tmp cer@Telcontar:~> So, in my computer, it is not a mountpoint. Now, that page. It says: mkfs is used to build a Linux file system on a device, usually a hard disk partition. filesys is either the device name (e.g. /dev/hda1, /dev/sdb2) or the mount point (e.g. /, /usr, /home) for the file system. blocks is the number of blocks to be used for the file system. ... Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer. Now, verify what the actual man page says: mkfs is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usu- ally a hard disk partition. The device argument is either the device name (e.g. /dev/hda1, /dev/sdb2), or a regular file that shall contain the filesystem. The size argument is the number of blocks to be used for the filesystem. Do you see the difference? Nothing about "mount points". Actually, the device that you are going to "format" can not be mounted. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 12.1 x86_64 "Asparagus" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlF6dn8ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WbfgCfSDtvUkJHS7uSCrlya6fk639W O/sAoILamBlTxgt7ve4WOGbIVWnsLNLA =mxDH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org