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+.TH VGMKNODES 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+vgmknodes \- recreate volume group directory and logical volume special files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vgmknodes
+.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug]
+.RB [ \-h | \-\-help]
+.RB [ \-\-refresh]
+.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose]
+[[VolumeGroupName | LogicalVolumePath]...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Checks the LVM2 special files in /dev that are needed for active
+logical volumes and creates any missing ones and removes unused ones.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-\-refresh
+If any logical volume in the volume group is active, reload its metadata.
+This is not necessary in normal operation, but may be useful
+if something has gone wrong or if you're doing clustering
+manually without a clustered lock manager.
+.TP
+See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR lvm (8),
+.BR vgscan (8),
+.BR dmsetup (8)