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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Need a batch oriented diskette format utility
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Date: 17 Apr 91 01:42:23 GMT
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In article <142@ims.UUCP> ericm@ims.UUCP (Eric Martinson) writes:
>I am in need of a tool that will allow me to format floppy diskettes
>from a batch file.  I need to be able to issue the appropriate command
>and have the diskette be formatted without any additional input from
>the user.  This process is used in the creation of distribution media
>for our product.  There are a number of kludgy ways to get some versions
>of FORMAT (the one provided with most DOS systems) to do the job but
>it is not very portable from DOS to DOS (V3.21, V3.30, V4.01, etc).
>
>I have tried PCFORMAT from Central Point, and it absolutely doesn't
>do this, neither does Norton Utilities format program.

If you have Norton 5, it does have a SF with batch mode.