I really blew it this time.
In my zeal to "set things straight" I produced typos in the second and
third example commands. They should have appeared as "format a:/u" and
"format a:\u" respectively.
Furthermore, I mistakenly stated that DOS 7.0 will not accept
"format a:/u" whereas I just proved to myself that it will. However,
DOS 6.22 will not.
In the future I pledge an extra measure of prudence and forbearance
before clicking the "send" icon. <hangs head in shame>
An appropriate quote vis-a-vis my impulsiveness would be:
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open
one's mouth and remove all doubt."
- A. Lincoln
Please forgive any errors in the above quotation. I quoted from
memory. Furthermore, I apologize to the list for the wasted bandwidth.
Regards,
Glenn
On Monday 09 July 2001 11:00 am, you wrote:
> Hi, Mike:
>
> I respectfully disagree with you. For as many years as I have been
> using MS-DOS or PC-DOS, syntax has *required* a space between the
> command and any switch preceded by a forward slash.
>
> I just finished successfully formatting a floppy disk using this
> command:
>
> format a: /u
>
> The command:
>
> format/u
>
> produces the following: "Required parameter missing."
>
> and this variation:
>
> format\u
>
> produces: "Bad command or filename"
>
> I also checked this out in one of the two DOS manuals I still have
> left. I'll look in the other book as soon as I find it, but I have
> no reason to believe it will show anything different.
>
> Are you referring to some other flavor of DOS? Perhaps I overlooked
> something in the original message. If am am not talking about the
> same command or DOS or application as you, I apologize for butting
> in.
>
> Regards
>
> On Monday 09 July 2001 07:58 am, you wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 July 2001 00:49, Glenn Williams wrote:
> > > Note that there needs to be a space between the 'unconditional'
> > > switch (u) and the format command, thus:
> > >
> > > format /u a:
> >
> > Nope, Dos parses differently to (ba)sh, no whitespace is
> > acceptable.
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