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From: pier@ur-univax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: change colors in dos
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 10:49:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 10:49:00 1985
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Nf-From: ur-univax!pier    May 16 10:49:00 1985

You can also us ethe powerfull PROMPT command in DOS.
I use it to put the current directory, date and time on the top line of the
screen and set the colors of that line and the rest of the screen.

The following is a batch file that has 4 parameters:
        the top line foreground color
        the top line background color
        the screen foreground color
        the screen background color

The parameters are numbers for each color between 0 and 7

echo off
PROMPT $E[s$E[0;0H$E[3%1m$E[4%2mDirectory: $P      $D    $T$E[K$E[3%3m$E[4%4m$E[K$E[u$N$G
this is going to
go through the net.

Happy coloring

Pierre Darmon
University of Rochester
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