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Skriven 2005-05-31 22:39:34 av MIKE ROSS (1:167/133.0)
    Kommentar till text 173 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
Ärende: FORMAT.COM
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"Gerald Miller" bravely wrote to "Ben Ritchey" (31 May 05  16:09:06)
 --- on the heady topic of "FORMAT.COM"

 GM> Hello Ben,

 GM> There hasn't been much action in this echo area, so I thought that I
 GM> would post this question, to keep it active...  ;->)

 GM> I'm trying to format a series of floppy diskettes, all with unique
 GM> volume labels, and I would like to "automate" the process.

 GM> === Cut Begin: CREATE.BAT ===
 GM> echo.
 GM> echo                      Insert diskette 1 now...
 GM> echo.
 GM> format a: /u /v:wfw_disk1
 GM> DISK1.EXE A:\
 GM> DIR A: /hmw
 GM> echo.
 GM> pause
 GM> echo.
 GM> echo                      Insert diskette 2 now...
 GM> echo.
 GM> format a: /u /v:wfw_disk2
 GM> ... etc.
 GM> === Cut End:   CREATE.BAT ===

 GM> When FORMAT.COM has formatted the diskette and applied the specified
 GM> volume label, it asks me if I want to format another floppy (presumedly
 GM> with the same volume label) and I have to type N and press the Enter
 GM> key.
 GM> Could I create a N.BAT file that contains the single letter N and a
 GM> line feed and use it as input to the format command?

 GM> format a: /u /v:wfw_disk1<N.BAT

 GM> Cheers ...


Gerald,

You don't even need a file to input keystrokes. Simply use the echo
command with a pipe |.

For example, the following will echo a CR to time and date causing
them to exit their usual prompt after displaying their output text.

echo: |time
echo: |date

The same can be done with format but using,

echo y|format a: /u

etc...

 M*i*k*e

... Simon said, "echo y|format c: /u/mbr"
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