Commodore 1581 - Validate Command

EXAMPLES:
After renaming a file named "BOOT" to "TEMP" in the last
section's example, you can use the COPY command to make a spare
copy of the program elsewhere on the diskette, under the original
name:
PRINT#15,"C0:BOOT = TEMP"
After creating several small sequential files that fit easily in mem
ory along with a program we are using, you can use the concatenate
option to combine them in a master file, even if the result is too big to
fit in memory. (Be sure it will fit in remaining space on the diskette—it
will be as big as the sum of the sizes of the files in it.)
PRINT#15,"C0:A-Z=A-G,H-M,N-Z"
EXAMPLES:
After renaming a file named "BOOT" to "TEMP" in the last
section's example, you can use the COPY command to make a spare
copy of the program elsewhere on the diskette, under the original
name:
PRINT#15/'C0:BOOT = TEMP"
After creating several small sequential files that fit easily in mem
ory along with a program we are using, you can use the concatenate
option to combine them in a master file, even if the result is too big to
fit in memory. (Be sure it will fit in remaining space on the diskette—it
will be as big as the sum of the sizes of the files in it.)
PRINT#15,"C0:A-Z=A-G,H-M,N-Z"
VALIDATE
The VALIDATE command recalculates the Block Availability Map
(BAM) of the current diskette, allocating only those sectors still being
used by valid, properly-closed files and programs. All other sectors
(blocks) are left unallocated and free for re-use, and all improperly
closed files are automatically scratched. This brief description of its
workings doesn't indicate either the power or the danger of the
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