ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman) (05/12/88)
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
IBMBIO.COM? ... I forget. Anyway, I once had the patch for an
earlier version of DOS, and I'd like it for my current version:
PCDOS 3.3.
My netmail link is unreliable, so perhaps this could be posted here on
the net ... it's pretty short, if I remember correctly.
Thank you in advance.
--
Lloyd Zusman
Master Byte Software
Los Gatos, California Internet: ljz@fx.com
"We take things well in hand." UUCP: ...!ames!fxgrp!ljzdavidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (05/14/88)
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 and get the problem solved. If you want to share the bat files with obsolete :-) versions, you'll have to dig up a patch, I don;t have it. Besides, I no longer put *any* patches in my system files, since people tend to mistruct me if the CRC isn't right. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
dts@cloud9.UUCP (Daniel Senie) (05/14/88)
In DOS 3.3, you do NOT need to patch COMMAND.COM to turn off echo as the default in BATCH files. There is a single character you can place in front of batch file statements which will prevent them from echoing. If you do this to the "echo off" statement in the beginning of a batch file, the rest of the file will remain quiet. The character is something like "@" or "!", and is documented in the BATCH commands section of the IBM PC-DOS manual. (Which of course is at my office and I'm at home...). -- Daniel Senie UUCP: ihnp4!cloud9!dts Stratus Computer, Inc. ARPA: anvil!cloud9!dts@harvard.harvard.edu 55 Fairbanks Blvd. CSRV: 74176,1347 Marlboro, MA 01752 TEL.: 617 - 460 - 2686
dick@slvblc.UUCP (Dick Flanagan) (05/15/88)
In article <287@fxgrp.UUCP> jz@fxgrp.UUCP (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 > IBMBIO.COM? ... I forget. Anyway, I once had the patch for an > earlier version of DOS, and I'd like it for my current version: > PCDOS 3.3. Well, Lloyd, by now I'm sure you're tired of everyone implying that you ask dumb questions and then proceeding to answer a different one. If you haven't given up on us yet, I'll try to answer _your_ question. In IBM's PC-DOS 3.3 there are actually two locations in COMMAND.COM that can be patched: xxxx:1D68, changed from 01 to 00, turns echo off in all batch files EXCEPT your autoexec.bat file. xxxx:1304, changed from 03 to 02, turns echo off in your autoexec.bat file. Both of these addresses are load addresses for DEBUG, so you would subtract 0100h for the physical offsets into the COM file if you wanted them. So the actual debug scenario would be: DEBUG COMMAND.COM<cr> this loads command.com into debug -E 1D68<cr> xxxx:1D68 01.00<cr> this is for normal batch files -E 1304<cr> xxxx:1304 03.02<cr> this is for your autoexec.bat -W<cr> this writes command.com to disk -Q<cr> this terminates debug Obviously, you always make backup copies of command.com before attempting any patches like this. My thanks to the nameless 26-324%harvbus1.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu who originally posted these numbers last year. I hope this is what you needed. . . . Dick P.S. Now if I could just find someone who could tell me how to patch IBM PC-DOS 3.3 COMMAND.COM to change the default drive that pipes are created on, I would be very happy. (hint hint anybody out there taken the time to do this yet hint hint) -- 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
ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman) (05/16/88)
In article <1886@slvblc.UUCP> slvblc!dick@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (Dick Flanagan) writes: > ... >Well, Lloyd, by now I'm sure you're tired of everyone implying that you >ask dumb questions and then proceeding to answer a different one. If >you haven't given up on us yet, I'll try to answer _your_ question. > ... Yes, there are many people on the net who seem to think that they are God's gift to mankind, and who forget about politeness and consideration of others' feelings. I would bet that many of these people would be much less bold in their insulting retorts if they had to make them face-to-face instead of from behind many layers of electronic protocol. > >In IBM's PC-DOS 3.3 there are actually two locations in COMMAND.COM >that can be patched: > [ what followed was a complete and helpful description of how to make the requested patches ] I want to take the time to thank you publicly for the helpful information that you posted in response to my query. It turns out that in this case, no one else so far has been insulting or condescending in their replies to my query, and I am glad. -- Lloyd Zusman Master Byte Software Los Gatos, California Internet: ljz@fx.com "We take things well in hand." UUCP: ...!ames!fxgrp!ljz