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From: rg@uunet!unhd (Roger Gonzalez )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 2 Questions
Message-ID: <1989Dec7.161200.20782@uunet!unhd>
Date: 7 Dec 89 16:12:00 GMT
Reply-To: rg@unhd.UUCP (Roger Gonzalez )
Distribution: comp
Organization: Marine Systems Engineering Lab
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I am using the PICNIX utilities, and have the switch character set to '-',
which makes things more acceptable to my UNIXized fingers.  Directories
are now separated with '/'.  Unfortunately, my prompt ($p$g) still shows
the old '\' separating the entries.  Doesn't DOS (3.3) look at the switch
character when printing the prompt?  Why do I get a mixed prompt when using
a program that spawns another COMMAND.COM? (i.e. C:\FOO/BAR)

My second question pertains to "ECHO OFF".  Is there a program kicking
around that sets the ECHO toggle to be initially off?  I'm sick of setting
it at the beginning of every batch file.  Has there been a change from old
DOSes?  I seem to remember that if you did "ECHO OFF" at the prompt instead
of in a batch file, it would ignore it.  Now, it does what you'd expect.

Just curious.
-Roger


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