Stanford Research Systems SR780, Operating Manual And Programming Reference

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4-162 Disk Upkeep Menu
SR785 Dynamic Signal Analyzer
New directories are created with <Make Directory>.
Command: FDIR (?) {s}
Make Directory
Make a new directory on the disk. Enter a directory name with the [Alt] key. The new
directory will be created in the Current Directory.
Command: MDIR s
Del File
Delete the Disk Upkeep File from the Current Directory. Make sure that the file and
directory are correct before pressing this key!
Command: DELF
Del Cur Dir
Delete the Current Directory from disk. Make sure that the directory is correct before
pressing this key! The directory must be empty before it can be deleted.
Command: DELD
Format Floppy
Format the disk. The disk capacity is 720k for DS/DD disks and 1.44M for DS/HD disks.
A disk must be formatted before files can be stored on it. Formatting a disk involves
erasing all information from the disk and rewriting the directory.
Formatting a disk
destroys all data presently on disk!