Manual: mklost+found

MKLOST+FOUND(8)					   System Manager's Manual				     MKLOST+FOUND(8)

NAME
       mklost+found - create a lost+found directory on a mounted ext2/ext3/ext4 file system

SYNOPSIS
       mklost+found

DESCRIPTION
       mklost+found is used to create a lost+found directory in the current working directory on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file sys‐
       tem.  There is normally a lost+found directory in the root directory of each file system.

       mklost+found  pre-allocates  disk blocks to the lost+found directory so that when e2fsck(8) is being run to recover a
       file system, it does not need to allocate blocks in the file system to store a large number of unlinked files.	This
       ensures that e2fsck will not have to allocate data blocks in the file system during recovery.

OPTIONS
       There are none.

AUTHOR
       mklost+found  has been written by Remy Card .  It is currently being maintained by Theodore Ts'o
       .

BUGS
       There are none :-)

AVAILABILITY
       mklost+found is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO
       e2fsck(8), mke2fs(8)

E2fsprogs version 1.47.2				January 2025					     MKLOST+FOUND(8)