A S3QL file system is created with the mkfs.s3ql command. It has the following syntax:
mkfs.s3ql [options] <storage url>
This command accepts the following options:
--cachedir <path> Store cached data in this directory (default: ~/.s3ql) (default: /home/nikratio/.s3ql) --authfile <path> Read authentication credentials from this file (default: ~/.s3ql/authinfo2) (default: /home/nikratio/.s3ql/authinfo2) --debug <module> activate debugging output from <module>. Use all to get debug messages from all modules. This option can be specified multiple times. (default: None) --quiet be really quiet (default: False) --ssl Always use SSL connections when connecting to remote servers. For backends that allow only encrypted connections, S3QL uses SSL automatically, even if this option is not set. (default: False) --version just print program version and exit -L <name> Filesystem label (default: ) --max-obj-size <size> Maximum size of storage objects in KiB. Files bigger than this will be spread over multiple objects in the storage backend. Default: 10240 KiB. --plain Create unencrypted file system. (default: False) --force Overwrite any existing data. (default: False)
Unless you have specified the --plain option, mkfs.s3ql will ask you to enter an encryption password. This password will not be read from an authentication file specified with the --authfile option to prevent accidental creation of an encrypted file system.