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SpartaDOS X Reference Manual |
Programming with SpartaDOS X |
| Format a Disk (FORMAT) |
| Purpose | To initialize a disk, setting up the appropriate track, sector, and directory data. |
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| Syntax |
XIO 254, #IOCB,0,0,"Dd:" |
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| Remarks |
The Dd: specified is irrelevant, since this command will bring up the SpartaDOS X disk formatter menu. From this menu disk number, format, size, skew, etc. may be selected. Once the formatter is exited with the <ESC> key, control will be returned to the program. This allows disks of all types to be formatted from within any program. The IOCB should be closed for this operation. WARNING! Formatting a disk will destroy all existing data on the disk. Hiding or protecting a file will not save it from being destroyed during a disk format. The next two commands are not available through XlO calls. They must be accessed directly through the CIO. An assembly language listing of a routine to access these will follow, along with a BASIC program that demonstrates its use. |
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