CBMFORMAT(1)

💾 cbmformat — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to CBMFORMAT(1) — a User Commands situation, and honestly? it's giving "tiny tool, big slay." this is the manual page for cbmformat 0.4.99.103, and i'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. no cap, every single flag is coming with us. 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

cbmformat — literally the manual page for cbmformat version 0.4.99.103. that's her. that's the whole name section. iconic behavior honestly 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

cbmformat [OPTION]... DRIVE NAME,ID

so you give her some [OPTION]s (zero or more, she's flexible ✨), then a DRIVE, then a NAME,ID. that's the whole invocation, bestie. go off. 🍓

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Fast CBM-1541 disk formatter — and i mean fast fast, the kind of fast that makes you go "wait, that's it?" 😭 she formats CBM-1541 disks and she does not waste your time. main character energy fr fr.

here's every option she's got, no skips, no cuts:

• -h, --help — display this help and exit. the classic "wait what does this do again" button. lowkey the most-used flag of all time 🙈
• -V, --version — display version information and exit. she'll tell you who she is and then dip immediately 💁‍♀️
• -@, --adapter=plugin:bus — tell OpenCBM which backend plugin and bus to use. yes, the flag is literally -@. we stan an at-sign that said "i'm built different" ✨
• -n, --no-bump — do not bump drive head. she will simply Not. 🚫
• -x, --extended — format a 40 track disk. extended! extra! more tracks! she's doing the most and i love that for her 🔥
• -c, --clear — clear (demagnetize) this disk. this is highly recommended if this disk is used for the first time. like, genuinely highly recommended, not "eh maybe" recommended. first-time disk? clear it. periodt. 💅
• -v, --verify — verify each track after it is written. she double-checks her own work because she's a perfectionist and honestly? relatable 😌
• -o, --original — fill sectors with the original pattern (0x4b, 0x01...) instead of zeroes. retro vibes only. the pattern is right there, keep it exact, don't touch it 🎀
• -s, --status — display drive status after formatting. a little post-format debrief, as a treat 🫶
• -p, --progress — display progress indicator. because staring at a silent terminal with no idea if anything is happening is a personal attack and we don't deserve that 😭

ok quick vibe check bestie: -c is the one the page literally calls out as highly recommended for a first-time disk. don't skip her. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The full documentation for cbmformat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if you want the deep lore, that's where it lives 👑

If the info and cbmformat programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info cbmformat

should give you access to the complete manual. that's it, that's the whole ritual, type it and receive knowledge ✨📖

and that's the page, bestie! 🎀 no notes, no skips, every flag accounted for. go format something gorgeous. mwah! 💜

sign-off corner 🫶: this was cbmformat version 0.4.99.103, dated July 2020, sitting pretty in the User Commands manual section as CBMFORMAT(1). bye bestie, drink some water, verify your tracks! 🦋✨