-.\" $OpenBSD: newfs_msdos.8,v 1.2 1996/06/23 14:31:50 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: newfs_msdos.8,v 1.3 1997/01/03 16:45:38 kstailey Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Joerg Wunsch
.\"
.\"
.Dd November 5, 1995
.Os
-.Dt MKDOSFS 1
+.Dt NEWFS_MSDOS 1
.Sh NAME
-.Nm mkdosfs
+.Nm newfs_msdos
.Nd create an MS-DOS (FAT) file system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm mkdosfs
+.Nm newfs_msdos
.Bq Fl f Ar capacity
.Bq Fl L Ar vollabel
.Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Mkdosfs
+.Nm newfs_msdos
establishes a file system structure on
.Ar device
that is understood by
The final structure is the root directory for this medium. It is
merely a space reservation, padded with 0's, and unfortunately fixed
in its size.
-.Nm mkdosfs
+.Nm newfs_msdos
initializes it to empty, and enters a volume label record into the
very first directory slot.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Pp
No attempt is made to handle media defects. However, this is beyond
the scope of
-.Nm mkdosfs
+.Nm newfs_msdos
and should better be handled by the (nonexistent)
.Xr dosfsck 1
utility.
.Sh HISTORY
-.Nm Mkdosfs
+.Nm newfs_msdos
appeared in
.Em FreeBSD 2.2 .
.Sh AUTHOR