Add a small note about how "mkfs.xfs -p" can be used to create
an XFS file system populated with files.
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.Cm mkfs.xfs
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utility for
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creating XFS file systems, and also other utilities for analyzing,
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and repairing XFS file systems.
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and repairing XFS file systems.
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.Sh CAVEATS
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The port of XFS to
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.Fx
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is currently incomplete.
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Only read-only access is supported for XFS volumes.
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Writing to a volume is not supported.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl p
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flag to
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.Cm mkfs.xfs
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can be used to create an XFS file system which is populated with files
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and other metadata.
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This can be used to quickly create a read-only file system which
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can be tested on
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.Fx .
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.Sh HISTORY
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XFS was originally written by SGI for the IRIX operating system.
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SGI ported XFS to Linux, and released the source code under the GNU
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