NAME¶

mkapfs - create an APFS filesystem

SYNOPSIS¶

mkapfs [-sv] [-L label] [-U UUID] [-u UUID] device [blocks]

DESCRIPTION¶

mkapfs is an experimental tool to create an APFS filesystem with a single volume on the given device. The number of blocks in the container can be specified in blocks, otherwise the whole disk is used.

OPTIONS¶

-s

Enable case sensitivity for the volume.

-z

Enable normalization sensitivity for the volume.

-L label

Set a label for the volume, with a maximum length of 255 bytes.

-U UUID

Specify a UUID for the container, in the standard format. By default the value is chosen by /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid.

-u UUID

Specify a UUID for the volume, in the standard format. By default the value is chosen by /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid.

-v

Print the version number of mkapfs and exit.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Please submit any issues that you find to the project's mailing list at <linux-apfs@googlegroups.com>.

AUTHOR¶

Written by Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@gmail.com>.

SEE ALSO¶

apfsck(8)