PROTO(8,C)                  AIX Commands Reference                   PROTO(8,C)



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proto



PURPOSE

Constructs a prototype file for a file system.

SYNTAX


                          +----------+
/etc/proto -- directory --|          |---|
                          +- prefix -+


Warning: See restrictions, Chapter 18, AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces.

DESCRIPTION

The proto command makes a prototype file for a file system or part of a file
system.  Use the prototype file as input to the mkfs command to construct a
file system according to a predefined template.  The prototype file consists of
a recursive directory listing of every file on the file system, with its owner,
group, and protection.  It also contains the file from which the prototype file
is to be initialized, formatted as described in the mkfs command.

Specify the base directory from which the prototype file is made with
directory.  The prototype file includes the complete subtree below directory
that is contained on the same file system as directory.

The prefix parameter is added to the names of all the initialization files,
forcing the initialization files to be taken from a place other than the
prototype.  Before the output from proto can be used with mkfs, mkfs needs a
startup program, a file system size, and an i-list size.  Link information is
not preserved with the proto command.

The collating sequence is determined by the ct_collate array in the NLctab
subroutine.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following command:  "mkfs."

See "Introduction to International Character Support" in Managing the AIX
Operating System.








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