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From: ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Thanks, and a new question ...
Keywords: echo off patch
Message-ID: <297@fxgrp.UUCP>
Date: 14 May 88 17:29:59 GMT
References: <287@fxgrp.UUCP> <10833@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: ljz@fx.com (Lloyd Zusman)
Organization: Master Byte Software, Los Gatos, California
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In article <10833@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>In article <287@fxgrp.UUCP> ljz@fx.com (Lloyd Zusman) writes:
>>Does anyone out there have the patch for COMMAND.COM that makes "echo
>>off" the default in .BAT files?  ... or is the code in IBMDOS.COM or
>
>No patch needed.  Just put the character @ in column one and the command
>(any command) won't echo.  You can start the .bat file with:
>	@echo off
> ...

Thanks to you and the others who have posted or mailed me this solution.
I guess I would have been able to figure this out if I had the PCDOS
3.3 manual ("now why would he have PCDOS 3.3 without the manual? ...").

Anyway, is there any mention in the DOS3.3 documentation of a new command
named CALL?  I did a 'strings' on COMMAND.COM and saw it.  It seems to
simply invoke its arguments as a DOS command, with the added benefit of
permitting nested .BAT files to return to the statement following the
CALL.


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    Lloyd Zusman
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