$INIT_VOL

   Formats a disk or magnetic tape volume and writes a label on the
   volume. At the end of initialization, the disk is empty except
   for the system files containing the structure information. All
   former contents of the volume are lost.

   Format

     SYS$INIT_VOL  devnam, volnam [,itmlst]

   C Prototype

     int sys$init_vol  (void *devnam, void *volnam, void *itmlst);
 

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