Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ukma!ukecc!agollum From: agollum@engr.uky.edu (David Herron aka Admiral Gollum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Re: DOS Echo off patch Message-ID: <1813@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 20:31:04 EST Article-I.D.: ukecc.1813 Posted: Tue Nov 24 20:31:04 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 08:20:38 EST References: <2131@killer.UUCP> <7000006@fthood> <4750@iucs.UUCP> Reply-To: agollum@engr.uky.edu (David Herron aka Admiral Gollum) Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Univ. of KY Engineering Computing Center Lines: 32 >>I can't help but responed to this one... :-) >> >>Page 7-39 in the manual says: >> >> To prevent a batch file line form being displayed >> you can palce a @ before the command. >> >>Oh... you mean you don't have a manual? > >And I can't help but respond... 8-) > >Chapter 7 is only 20 pages long, and it's talking about directory structure, >nothing about batch files. > >Oh... you mean your manual isn't for Zenith's MS-DOS 3.1? > [stuff about how some users are more advanced than others and that manuals change with different manufacturers] I should add that the original poster was asking about a patch to change the *default*, which is not really answered by this flame. I assumed he was looking for a way to avoid starting every batch file with @ECHO OFF. I know he doesn't need this grief over a legitimate question. Kenneth Herron stuff for inews