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From: bloom@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Echo Off!   Dammit!
Message-ID: <149000020@inmet>
Date: 21 Mar 88 23:47:00 GMT
References: <2110@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
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Nf-From: inmet.UUCP!bloom    Mar 21 18:47:00 1988


	With DOS 3.3 (don't know about earlier), lines in a batch file
that begin with the character '@' are not echoed.

	Therefore, if the first line is '@ECHO OFF', no lines are echoed
to the console.


Ray Bloom
Internet:	bloom@inmet.inmet.com
UUCP:		{ima,ihnp4,esquire,harpo,mirror,bellcore,...}!inmet!bloom