NAME¶
mkfs.s3ql - Create an S3QL file system
SYNOPSIS¶
mkfs.s3ql [options] <storage url>
DESCRIPTION¶
S3QL is a file system for online data storage. Before using S3QL, make sure to
consult the full documentation (rather than just the man pages which only
briefly document the available userspace commands).
The
mkfs.s3ql command creates a new file system in the location specified
by
storage url. The storage url depends on the backend that is used.
The S3QL User's Guide should be consulted for a description of the available
backends.
Unless you have specified the
--plain option,
mkfs.s3ql will ask
you to enter an encryption password. This password will
not be read
from an authentication file specified with the
--authfile option to
prevent accidental creation of an encrypted file system.
OPTIONS¶
The
mkfs.s3ql command accepts the following options.
- --cachedir <path>
- Store cached data in this directory (default: ~/.s3ql)
- --authfile <path>
- Read authentication credentials from this file (default:
~/.s3ql/authinfo2)
- --debug-modules <modules>
- Activate debugging output from specified modules (use commas to separate
multiple modules). Debug messages will be written to the target specified
by the --log option.
- --debug
- Activate debugging output from all S3QL modules. Debug messages will be
written to the target specified by the --log option.
- --quiet
- be really quiet
- --backend-options <options>
- Backend specific options (separate by commas). See backend documentation
for available options.
- --version
- just print program version and exit
- -L <name>
- Filesystem label
- --max-obj-size <size>
- Maximum size of storage objects in KiB. Files bigger than this will be
spread over multiple objects in the storage backend. Default: 10240
KiB.
- --plain
- Create unencrypted file system.
- --force
- Overwrite any existing data.
EXIT CODES¶
mkfs.s3ql may terminate with the following exit codes:
- 0
- Everything went well.
- 1
- An unexpected error occured. This may indicate a bug in the program.
- 2
- Invalid command line argument.
- 3
- Invalid backend option.
- 11
- No such backend.
- 12
- Authentication file has insecure permissions.
- 13
- Unable to parse proxy settings.
- 14
- Invalid credentials (Authentication failed).
- 15
- No permission to access backend (Authorization denied).
- 16
- Invalid storage URL, specified location does not exist in backend.
- 19
- Unable to connect to backend, can't resolve hostname.
- 45
- Unable to access cache directory.
SEE ALSO¶
The S3QL homepage is at
https://bitbucket.org/nikratio/s3ql/.
The full S3QL documentation should also be installed somewhere on your system,
common locations are
/usr/share/doc/s3ql or
/usr/local/doc/s3ql.
COPYRIGHT¶
© 2008 Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>