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Subject: Re: Format a volume in UEFI (or delete all files)
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On 10/13/16 03:29, GN Keshava wrote:
> Thanks Laszlo.
> 
> Is it possible to run RM (or any shell command) from my C application
> code? Something like "System()" in Linux? Whether we can use LoadImage
> for this purpose?

Can't say for sure; I'd opt for a separate implementation.

Thanks
Laszlo

> On Wed 12 Oct, 2016 11:10 pm Laszlo Ersek, <lersek@redhat.com
> <mailto:lersek@redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 10/12/16 19:34, GN Keshava wrote:
>     > Thanks Laszlo, I'll check it out.
>     >
>     > I think I need to combine the LS implementation and RM implementation,
>     > isn't it? So there is no "format this volume" function or command
>     > exists, right?
> 
>     I'm unaware of any "format" command. And, I think it's enough if you
>     look at RM (LS should be unnecessary); RM already contains the
>     recursion.
> 
>     Laszlo
>