command/HEADER command/HEADER NAME HEADER -- Formats a disk ABBREVIATION he <shift> A SYNOPSIS HEADER "<diskname>",D<drive>[,I<id>][,ON U<unit>] FUNCTION Before you can use a new disk for the first time you must format it with the HEADER command. If you want to erase an entire disk for re-use you can use the HEADER command. This command divides the disk into sections called blocks, and it creates a table of contents, called a directory or catalog, on the disk. The diskname can be any name up to 16 characters long. The id number is any 2 characters. Give each disk a unique id number. Be careful when you HEADER a disk because the HEADER command erases all stored data. Giving no id number allows you to perform a quick header. The old id number is used. You can only use the quick header method if the disk was previously formatted, since the quick header only cleans out the directory rather than formatting the disk. INPUTS <diskname> - name for the disk (max length 16 characters) <drive> - drive number <id> - disk identification number (max length 2 characters) <unit> - drive unit number RESULT A ready to use empty disk. EXAMPLES HEADER "MYDISK",I23,D0 HEADER "THEBALL",I45,D1,U8 NOTES None BUGS None SEE ALSO BACKUP SCRATCH