Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!tektronix!tekcae!vice!georgep
From: georgep@vice.TEK.COM (George Pell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: BATCH files that do not echo
Message-ID: <2380@vice.TEK.COM>
Date: 22 Mar 88 03:27:31 GMT
References: <3aee6925.44e6@apollo.uucp> <2412@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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In article <2412@bsu-cs.UUCP>, dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> Regarding the frequently-asked question about how to make batch files
> not print "echo off", the answers are:
> ........
> 1.   For MSDOS 2.x I know of no way to suppress the initial "echo off"
> ........
> 2.   For MSDOS 3.1 there are patches I have seen floating around on
> ........
> 3.   For MSDOS 3.3 or so, there is an explicit mechanism that I haven't
> used, because I don't use 3.3, that lets you suppress echoing of a line
> selectively, thus letting you suppress the initial "echo off".

For IBM Dos 3.3 use "@echo off"