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Subject: Re: PC-DOS 3.1 and "echo off"
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Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 20:13:27 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 25 20:13:27 1986
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> Problem is, it does not stifle the chatter from autoexec.bat.  Does anyone
> know of a patch to set echo to "OFF" for autoexec.bat?
> 			-cgf-
> 

Here's a kludge that works, if you have the ansi.sys driver installed by
your config.sys file.  First two lines in autoexec.bat:

      echo off
      echo <ESC>[A<ESC>[K<ESC[A

where <ESC> is the ASCII code for Escape.  Works for either DOS 2.x or 3.x.

It just erases the "echo off" echo, it doesn't really fix the problem.

Aside: can anyone at Microsoft explain why the DOS 2.x "link" program would
accept either "/" or "\" as a pathname separator, but the new, improved
linker that comes with Microsoft C v3.0 accepts ONLY "\"?  Is this a product
improvement you are proud of?

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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