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CHAPTER 16
16.
FREE COMMAND
The FREE command
displays
the
number
of
unallocated
sectors
and
the number of
empt~
directory entries remaining
on a diskette.
16. 1 Use
The FREE command program is invoked with
the
following
command line:
FREE C:<unit>J Li<options>J
UJheT'e
<unit:>
can
be the logical unit number
0,
1,
21
or
3,
and <options)- can be the letter "L".
If the
<unit:>
is
not
specified on the command line,
the default value zero will be
used.
The
FREE command normally displays its summary
data
on
the
system console.
The option
"L
u
,
however,
can be
used
to
direct this data to the line printer instead.
After the FREE
command
has
deteT'mined the available space on the diskette,
the data will be displayed in the following format:
DRIVE
i :
xxxxxxxx
aaaa/$bbb SECTORS
ccc/$dd FILES
eeee/$fff LARGEST CONTIGUOUS
BLOCK
The symbols have the rollowing meanings:
Stjmbol
i
xxxxxxxx
aaaa
$bbb
ccc
$dd
eeee
Meaning
Logical unit number selected.
Eight character diskette 10.
Available sectors in decimal.
Available sectors in hexadecimal.
Available directory
ent~ies
in
dec irnal.
Available directory entires in
hex
a dec
i rna 1 .
Size of largest,
available block or
contiguous sectors in decimal.
Size
or
largest, available block
or
contiguous sectors in hexadecimal.
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