Programming instructions

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Chapter 2 Program Instructions
FORMAT, cont.
Examples Issuing the statement FILES before and after a FORMAT "c:" statement
shows how the memory is affected. Note that system fi les starting with
a period character are not removed, since the FORMAT statement does
not contain any “A” fl ag:
FILES "c:",A
yields for example:
Files on c:
.theDefaultSetup 157 DIRECT 0
STDIO 2 APPLICATION 1
FILELIST.DAT 0
505856 bytes free 160 bytes used
Ok
FORMAT "c:"
Ok
FILES "c:",A
yields for example:
Files on c:
.theDefaultSetup 157
514048 bytes free 157 bytes used
Ok
In the following statement, a RAM-type memory card is formatted to
MS-DOS format in the immediate mode. The number of entries is increased
from 208 (default) to 500 and the size of the sectors in decreased from 512
bps (default) to 256 in order to make the card better suited for more but
smaller fi les. The “A” fl ag specifi es “hard" formatting.
FORMAT "card1:",500,256,A