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From: amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Joy of MSDOS
Message-ID: <2093@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 88 19:34:53 GMT
References: <3aee6925.44e6@apollo.uucp> <9429@sunybcs.UUCP>
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <9429@sunybcs.UUCP>, ugfailau@sunybcs.uucp (Fai Lau) writes:
> In article <3aee6925.44e6@apollo.uucp> nelson_p@apollo.uucp writes:
> >
> >  Is there any way to create batch files that don't echo 
> >  their contents to the screen?  If I precede the other 
> >  commands in the .BAT file with 'ECHO OFF' then the @#&%*!
> >  'ECHO OFF' gets echoed!   
> > 
> 	Hey, anyone who knows the answer to this gives me a response too,
> will ya? Thanx
> 
> Fai Lau

Also, is there some way to have DOS buffer more than a single line of
the batch file at a time?  It goes to the disk for each line of batch 
commands!
One more thing!  The status of echo (OFF/ON) changes on me sometimes.
Why?  I DON'T tell it to.

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amlovell@phoenix.princeton.edu     ...since 1963.

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