Short: NSD-aware Format command with source Author: womble@zzumbouk.demon.co.uk (Ben Hutchings) Uploader: womble@zzumbouk.demon.co.uk (Ben Hutchings) Version: 43.4 Type: util/sys BH Format is intended to be a compatible replacement for Format version 40 with important additions: * It can perform low-level formats (or fake formats, as they usually are) on drives larger than 4 GB. * It will warn you if the device to be formatted is misconfigured or if your file-system or if your disk is too large for your current device driver or file-system to handle. * It allows you to specify file-system type (DosType) and device flags directly. This will be particularly useful in conjunction with firth- coming improvements to Francis Swift's XFS package. * It can create a default disk icon, following the same rules as the DefIcons program from NewIcons does. It currently lacks localisation, some error reporting code, and good documentation. However, full source code is included and licensed under the GNU GPL, so perhaps I can get some help with this... Version 43.4 fixes 6 bugs, none of which would cause data loss. The archive also includes the file design.txt, which was missing from the last version. Please send bug reports, success reports, fixes and improvements to me. Ben Hutchings 8 Primrose Street Cambridge CB4 3EH ENGLAND email: womble@zzumbouk.demon.co.uk ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 18008 7016 61.0% 14-Apr-99 01:20:46 COPYING 16860 10281 39.0% 09-Jun-99 23:24:08 Format 736 443 39.8% 09-Jun-99 02:26:08 Makefile 799 470 41.1% 06-Jun-99 04:50:30 README 4598 2030 55.8% 06-Jun-99 01:59:58 cli.c 5113 1905 62.7% 06-Jun-99 04:32:20 design.txt 2641 1255 52.4% 06-Jun-99 04:32:52 format.h 17512 5602 68.0% 09-Jun-99 23:06:56 gui.c 28301 10082 64.3% 09-Jun-99 23:23:48 main.c -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 94568 39084 58.6% 10-Jun-99 21:37:32 9 files