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

NAME
       mklost+found - create a lost+found directory on a mounted Linux second extended file system

SYNOPSIS
       mklost+found

DESCRIPTION
       mklost+found  is  used  to  create a lost+found directory in the current working directory on a Linux second extended file
       system.  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 <Remy.Card@linux.org>.  It is  currently  being  maintained  by  Theodore  Ts'o
       <tytso@alum.mit.edu>.

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 1.47.0                                  February 2023                                           MKLOST+FOUND(8)