From fbdc184434a8bb8d4eafaa097a5a9ea5ca0699c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:37:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added Reiserfs, XFS, JFS to list of file systems. --- man5/filesystems.5 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5 index 02c04c9e5..e1469b8b9 100644 --- a/man5/filesystems.5 +++ b/man5/filesystems.5 @@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ .\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, .\" USA. .\" -.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2001-12-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.\" 2007-12-14 mtk Added Reiserfs, XFS, JFS. +.\" +.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2007-12-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .nh .SH NAME -filesystems \- Linux filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, xia, msdos, +filesystems \- Linux filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, Reiserfs, +XFS, JFS, xia, msdos, umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs .SH DESCRIPTION When, as is customary, the @@ -38,12 +41,11 @@ module or recompile the kernel. In order to use a filesystem, you have to .I mount -it, see -.BR mount (8) -for the mount command, and for the available mount options. +it; see +.BR mount (8). Below a short description of a few of the available filesystems. -.TP +.TP 10 .B "minix" is the filesystem used in the Minix operating system, the first to run under Linux. @@ -75,6 +77,18 @@ is a journaling version of the ext2 filesystem. It is easy to switch back and forth between ext2 and ext3. .TP +.B Reiserfs +is a journaling file system, designed by Hans Reiser, +that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.1. +.TP +.B XFS +is a journaling file system, developed by SGI, +that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.20. +.TP +.B JFS +is a journaling file system, developed by IBM, +that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.24. +.TP .B xiafs was designed and implemented to be a stable, safe filesystem by extending the Minix filesystem code.