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Info on mkfs.exfat is misleading #425

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@nullzeta

There are (at least) 2 sources for mkfs.exfat program:

  1. https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs
  2. https://github.com/relan/exfat

The current version

# mkfs.exfat
# Creates an exfat filesystem inside a partition.
# More information: <https://manned.org/mkfs.exfat>.

# Create an exfat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (`sdb1`):
mkfs.exfat /dev/sdb1

# Create filesystem with a volume-name:
mkfs.exfat -n volume_name /dev/sdb1

# Create filesystem with a volume-id:
mkfs.exfat -i volume_id /dev/sdb1

is adapted for relan/exfat version.

If it was adapted for exfatprogs/exfatprogs version, it would differ:

# mkfs.exfat
# Creates an exfat filesystem inside a partition.
# More information: <https://man.archlinux.org/man/mkfs.exfat.8>. (or other manpage website?)

# Create an exfat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (`sdb1`):
mkfs.exfat /dev/sdb1

# Create filesystem with a volume-label:
mkfs.exfat -L volume_label /dev/sdb1

# Create filesystem with a volume-guid: (i think this one performs different thing compared to the other version with -i volume_id flag)
mkfs.exfat -U volume_guid /dev/sdb1

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