.\" (c) 1997 Apple Computer, Inc. .TH MKFILE 8 "1 September 1997" .SH NAME mkfile \- create a file .SH SYNOPSIS .B mkfile .RB [ " -nv " ] .I size\c [\c .BR b | k | m | g\c ] .IR filename " .\|.\|." .SH DESCRIPTION .B mkfile creates one or more files that are suitable for use as .SM NFS-\s0mounted swap areas. The sticky bit is set, and the file is padded with zeroes by default. Non-root users must set the sticky bit using chmod(1). The default size unit is bytes, but the following suffixes may be used to multiply by the given factor: .B b (512), .B k (1024), .B m (1048576), and .B g (1073741824). .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-n Create an empty .IR filename . The size is noted, but disk blocks aren't allocated until data is written to them. .TP .B \-v Verbose. Report the names and sizes of created files. .SH 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. .SH "SEE ALSO" .TP chmod(2), stat(2), exportfs(8), sticky(8)