.\" SCCSID: @(#)mklost+found.8 8.1 9/11/90 .TH mklost+found 8 .SH Name mklost+found \- make a lost+found directory for fsck .SH Syntax .B /etc/mklost+found .SH Description .NXR "mklost+found command" .NXA "mkfs command" "mklost+found command" .NXR "lost+found directory" "creating" A .PN lost+found directory is created in the current directory and a number of empty files are created therein and then removed so that there will be empty slots for .MS fsck 8 . This command should not normally be needed since .MS mkfs 8 automatically creates the .PN lost+found directory when a new file system is created. .SH See Also fsck(8), mkfs(8)