[comp.sys.ibm.pc] ECHO OFF patch

27003_1406@uwovax.uwo.ca (Les Flodrowski) (10/26/88)

 A few months ago, there were a bunch of submissions to the newsgroup
which showed how to patch MS-DOS so that the default ECHO when running
a batch procedure was OFF. I hate having to put the ECHO OFF command into
every procedure I write and seeing it echo when the procedure gets run.

 I'm using MS-DOS 3.2 and 3.3.

 Would some kind soul please send me copy of a "make ECHO OFF the default"
patch?

 Thanks, Les Flodrowski
         University of Western Ontario            LES@VAXI.UWO.CA
         Social Science Computing Lab             LES@UWOVAX.BITNET

driesb@neabbs.UUCP (DRIES BESSELS) (10/29/88)

Hello Les,
in DOS 3.3, You will still have to put the echo off statement in but
if you put @echo off, it will not be displayed...
I do not have the data for the patch here so perhaps, somebody else
could post that.
btw, the @ char does not work in 3.2
BCNU
Dries Bessels
Amsterdam Holland

andyl@palnet.MCS.COM ([Andy Lester]) (10/29/88)

 
at the beginning of the line of a batch file, and it won't show up
on the screen at all.  Makes things MUCH nicer to watch...
 
Andy