.TH FMTISECT 8
.SH NAME
fmtisect \- format a Venti index section
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B venti/fmtisect
[
.B -Z
]
[
.B -b
.I blocksize
]
.I name
.I file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Fmtisect
formats the given
.IR file ,
typically a disk partition, as a Venti index section with the specified
.IR name .
One or more formatted index sections are combined into a Venti
index using 
.IR fmtindex (8).
Each of the index sections within an index must have a unique name.
.PP
Options to 
.I fmtisect
are:
.TP
.BI -b " blocksize
The size, in bytes, for read and write operations to the file.
All the index sections within a index must have the same block size.
The default is 8k. The units for the size can be specified by appending
.LR k ,
.LR m ,
or
.LR g
to indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes respectively.
.TP
.B -Z
Do not zero the index.
Using this option reduces the formatting time
but should only be used when it is known that the file was already zeroed.
.PP
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/venti
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR venti (8),
.IR fmtarenas (8),
.IR fmtindex (8)