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.\" @(#)format.8s 1.1 92/07/30 SMI
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.TH FORMAT 8S "20 January 1988"
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.SH NAME
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format \- disk partitioning and maintenance utility
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B format
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[
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.BI \-f " command-file"
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] [
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.BI \-l " log-file"
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] [
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.BI \-x " data-file"
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] [
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.BI \-d " disk-name"
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] [
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.BI \-t " disk_type"
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]
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.ti +.5
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[
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.BI \-p " partition-name"
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] [
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.B \-s
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]
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.IR diskname .\|.\|.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IX "format command" "" "\fLformat\fP command"
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.LP
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.B format
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enables you to format, label, repair and
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analyze disks on your Sun computer. Unlike previous disk
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maintenance programs,
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.B format
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runs under Sun\s-1OS\s0. Because there are
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limitations to what can be done to the system disk while the
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system is running,
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.B format
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is also supported within the
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memory-resident system environment. For most applications,
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however, running
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.B format
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under Sun\s-1OS\s0 is the more convenient approach.
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.LP
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If no
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.I disk-list
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is present,
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.B format
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uses the disk list defined
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in the data file specified with the
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.B \-x
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option. If that option is omitted, the
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data file defaults to
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.B format.dat
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in the current directory, or else
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.BR /etc/format.dat .
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BI \-f " command-file"
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Take command input from
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.I command-file
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rather than the standard input.
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The file must contain commands that appear just as they would
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if they had been entered from the keyboard. With this option,
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.B format
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does not issue
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.B continue?
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prompts.
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.TP
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.BI \-l " log-file"
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Log a transcript of the
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.B format
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session to the indicated
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.IR log-file ,
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including the standard input, the standard
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output and the standard error.
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.TP
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.BI \-x " data-file"
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Use the disk list contained in
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.IR data-file .
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.TP
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.BI \-d " disk_name"
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Specify which disk should be made current upon entry into the program.
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The disk is specified by its logical name (for instance,
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- xy0). This can also
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be accomplished by specifying a single disk in the disk list.
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.TP
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.BI \-t " disk-type"
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Specify the type of disk which is current upon entry into the program,
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A disk's type is specified by name in the data file. This
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option can only be used if a disk is being made current as described
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above.
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.TP
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.BI \-p " partition-name"
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Specify the partition table for the disk which is current upon entry
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into the program. The table is specified by its name as defined in
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the data file. This option can only be used if a disk is being made
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current, and its type is either specified or available from the
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disk label.
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.TP
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.B \-s
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Silent. Suppress all of the standard output. Error messages are still
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displayed. This is generally used in conjunction with the
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.B \-f
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option.
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.SH FILES
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.PD 0
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.TP 20
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.B /etc/format.dat
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default data file
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.PD
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.LP
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.TX ADMIN
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