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| b42074ab | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. |
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2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
| 3 | .\" | |
| 4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
| 5 | .\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer | |
| 6 | .\" Science Department. | |
| 7 | .\" | |
| 8 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% | |
| 9 | .\" | |
| b42074ab | 10 | .\" @(#)format.8 5.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 85159d26 | 11 | .\" |
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12 | .Dd |
| 13 | .Dt FORMAT 8 | |
| 14 | .Os | |
| 15 | .Sh NAME | |
| 16 | .Nm format | |
| 17 | .Nd how to format disks and tapes | |
| 18 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 19 | .Pp | |
| 20 | Currently, there are no | |
| 21 | .Dq native | |
| 22 | .Tn BSD | |
| 23 | media formatting utilities. | |
| 85159d26 | 24 | Formatting of both disks and cartridge tapes must be done either |
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25 | standalone or under |
| 26 | .Tn HP-UX | |
| 27 | using the | |
| 28 | .Em mediainit | |
| 29 | utility distributed by | |
| 30 | .Tn HP . | |
| 31 | Note that | |
| 32 | .Tn HP Ns -brand | |
| 33 | cartridge tapes come pre-formatted, and | |
| 34 | .Tn HP | |
| 35 | disks | |
| 85159d26 | 36 | are supposed to. |
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37 | .Sh HISTORY |
| 38 | The | |
| 39 | .Nm | |
| 40 | command | |
| 41 | .Ud |