Naming, Erasing And Formatting Floppies - Xerox 1186 User Manual

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may be on all other ordinary file devices.
Naming, Erasing, and Formatting Floppies
To erase and establish track information on a
floppy, especially a floppy that is brand-new, call
(FLOPPY. FORMAT
NAME AUTOCONFIRMFLG
SLOWFLG)
[Function]
The
NAME
argument becomes the name of your
floppy. It can be any string or atom of 106 or fewer
characters. It's a good idea to label the outside of
your floppy with the same name using a sticky label
and a soft marker.
AUTOCONFIRMFLG
controls questioning you about
destroying the contents of a floppy that appears to
contain valid information. If
AUTOCONFIRMFLG
is
T, y·ou will not be asked to confirm.
SLOWFLG
determines how thorough a formatting
job is to be done on the floppy you format. If
SLOWFLG
is T, FLOPPY. FORMAT completely erases
your floppy, setting down track information and
critical Pilot records on it. When
SLOWFLG
is left
NIL, only the Pilot records needed to give your
floppy an empty directory are written. Use
SLOWFLG
=
T with a brand-new floppy.
Typically you will leave
AUTOCONFIRMFLG
and
SLOWFLG
as NIl. For example, doing
(FLOPPY.FORMAT "My Floppy") will create a blank
floppy named
II
My Floppy. "
To reset the name put onto a floppy by
FLOPPY.FORMA T, use
(FLOPPY.NAM E
NAME)
[Function]
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