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From: sorrow@oak.circa.ufl.edu
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Subject: Can I intercept changes to the system prompt?
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Date: 20 Jun 91 12:23:07 GMT
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I am currently writing a slew of utilities to make my DOS system look like
UNIX.  And before you say "Use 4DOS!!!!" -- I tried.  4DOS won't work with
BOOTCON.SYS.  Besides, I like sticking to a standard command interpreter,
purist that I am. :-)

Anyway, so far I have obtained an RM, DOSEDIT, am writing CHMOD, just finished
writing LS, will eventually port AWK, rewrite GREP based on Turbo-GREP, and
am using SWITCHAR as found in the UnDocumented DOS book (GOOD book).

Now that I can use the '-' character as a command line switch for DOS, and 
now that I can use the '/' to change directories, I would like to know if 
there is a way for me to change the prompt so that instead of:

C> SET PROMPT $P$G
C:\UTIL\EUNUCHS>

I can get the following:

C:/util/eunuchs>

I don't believe that I can use normal DOS calls, since the prompt is controlled
by the current command interpreter, in my case COMMAND.COM (DOS 3.30).  Any
suggestions?

Brian
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