..  _aformat:

AFORMAT
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| Syntax   |  AFORMAT device\_[name]                                           |
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| Location |  ATARIDOS                                                         |
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This command formats the specified device in Atari disk format, giving
it the specified name (if any).

As with FORMAT, this will normally format a disk to the highest possible
density - however, you can force it to format a disk as single-sided by
making the last character of the filename an asterisk (\*).

**CROSS-REFERENCE**

See :ref:`format` and
:ref:`iformat`.

Other commands added are :ref:`astat`,
:ref:`adelete`, :ref:`adir` and
:ref:`acopy`.