MKFILE(8)

✨ mkfile(8): create a file, from the System Manager's Manual ✨

okay bestie, you found the mkfile(8) page and honestly? it's giving “make files that behave” 💅. Let's get into it.

💖 NAME 💖

mkfile — create a file. that's it, that's the name, periodt 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mkfile [-nv] size[b|k|m|g] file ...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

mkfile creates one or more files that are suitable for use as NFS-mounted swap areas. no cap, that's the whole point 🫶.

The sticky bit is set, and by default the file is padded with zeroes. Non-root users must set the sticky bit using chmod(1) — so if that's you, grab chmod(1) and handle it, bestie ✨.

The default size unit is bytes, but you can use these suffixes to multiply by the given factor:

• b — multiply by 512
• k — multiply by 1024
• m — multiply by 1048576
• g — multiply by 1073741824

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -n — creates an empty filename. The size is noted, but disk blocks aren't allocated until data is written to them. it's lowkey “reserved, not furnished” energy 🛋️.
• -v — verbose. reports the names and sizes of created files. main character behavior: it announces what it made 👑.

🚨 WARNING 🚨

If a client's swap file is removed and recreated, it must be re-exported before the client will be able to access it. This action may only be done when the client is not running.

fr fr, do not skip this part 😭.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• chmod(2)
• stat(2)
• sticky(7)

go read those next, iykyk 💜.

signed off by macOS, dated September 1, 1997, and filed under MKFILE(8) — mwah 💋