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From: forgeas@swinjm.UUCP (Jean-Michel Forgeas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re:  reformat of hard drives
Message-ID: <forgeas.1669@swinjm.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 90 12:43:31 GMT
References: <13618@sun.udel.edu> <28569@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
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>In article <13618@sun.udel.edu> jtmorgan@sun.udel.edu (James Morgan) writes:
>>Is there any thing that can be done to put some sort of
>>prompt in the way of a person that is trying to reformat
>>the hard drive of an amiga?

If you Execute() the Format command with stdin redirected to NIL:, it
does not ask "insert disk to be initia........" before start. So you
could make a program which Execute() Format after your verifications:

main( argc, argv )
{
    .... find volume name with argv
    .... and rebuild the entire arg string

    if (volume == harddrive || what_you_want)
        {
        printf( "Do you really want... ?\n" );
        scanf( ....., answer );
        if (answer == no) return;
        }
    else{
        if (nil = Open( "NIL:",...))
            {
            sprintf( tmpbuf, "SYS:System/Format %ls\n", entire_arg_string );
            Execute( tmpbuf, nil, stdout );
            Close( nil );
            }
        }
}

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