Shell Commands/Format

Format - Formats a disk

DEVICE=DRIVE/A/K, NAME/A/K, OFS/S, FFS/S, SFS/S, MSDOS/S, INTL=INTERNATIONAL=CASESENSITIVE/S, NOINTL=NOINTERNATIONAL/S, DIRCACHE/S, NODIRCACHE/S, LNFS=LONGFILENAMES/S, NOLNFS=NOLONGFILENAMES/S, NOICONS/S, QUICK/S, NORECYCLED/S, SHOWRECYCLED/S

DRIVE        - name of the device to format                                    
NAME         - label of the formatted device
OFS          - use Old File System (depreciated)
FFS          - use Fast File System
SFS          - use Smart File System
MSDOS        - use MSDOS (FAT) File System
INTL         - for FFS: use international mode
NOINTL       - for FFS: do not use international mode
DIRCACHE     - for FFS: use directory cache
NODIRCACHE   - for FFS: do not use directory cache
LNFS         - for FFS: enable long filenames
NOLNFS       - for FFS: disable long filenames
NOICONS      - do not create an icon on the formatted device
QUICK        - only do a quick-format
NORECYCLED   - for SFS: do not add a recycled directory
SHOWRECYCLED - for SFS: do not hide the recycled directory

NOTE: SFS provides a special directory at the root of the device called '.recycled'. When files are deleted they automatically appear in this directory so recovering deleted files is just a matter of copying files from this directory to anywhere else on the disk.

Example: SYS:> Format drive DH0: name MorphOS SFS showrecycled

         => Will format the device DH0: using SFS filesystem.
            The recycle directory will be available and not hidden
            The disk will be labeled 'MorphOS'