ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman) (05/15/88)
In article <10833@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes: >In article <287@fxgrp.UUCP> ljz@fx.com (Lloyd Zusman) writes: >>Does anyone out there have the patch for COMMAND.COM that makes "echo >>off" the default in .BAT files? ... or is the code in IBMDOS.COM or > >No patch needed. Just put the character @ in column one and the command >(any command) won't echo. You can start the .bat file with: > @echo off > ... Thanks to you and the others who have posted or mailed me this solution. I guess I would have been able to figure this out if I had the PCDOS 3.3 manual ("now why would he have PCDOS 3.3 without the manual? ..."). Anyway, is there any mention in the DOS3.3 documentation of a new command named CALL? I did a 'strings' on COMMAND.COM and saw it. It seems to simply invoke its arguments as a DOS command, with the added benefit of permitting nested .BAT files to return to the statement following the CALL. -- Lloyd Zusman Master Byte Software Los Gatos, California Internet: ljz@fx.com "We take things well in hand." UUCP: ...!ames!fxgrp!ljz
dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) (05/16/88)
In article <297@fxgrp.UUCP> ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman) writes: > I guess I would have been able to figure this out if I had the PCDOS > 3.3 manual ("now why would he have PCDOS 3.3 without the manual? ..."). > > Anyway, is there any mention in the DOS3.3 documentation [...] Step 1: Pay for the software you're using. Step 2: RTFM that comes with it. Dick -- Dick Flanagan, W6OLD GEnie: FLANAGAN UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!slvblc!dick Voice: +1 408 336 3481 Internet: slvblc!dick@ucscc.UCSC.EDU LORAN: N037 04.7 W122 04.6 USPS: PO Box 155, Ben Lomond, CA 95005