Unit 'AmigaDOS'	Package
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Format

Initialise a filesystem for use by the system.

Declaration

Source position: amigados.pas line 2110

function Format(

filesystem: PChar;

volumename: PChar;

dostype: Cardinal

):LongBool;

`filesystem`		Name of the device to format.
`volumename`		The name you wish the volume to be called.
`dostype`		The DOS type you wish on the disk.

<> 0 if the format was successful, 0 otherwise.

This instructs a filesystem to write out the data that it uses to describe the device. The device should already have been formatted.