Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DOS 4.0 patch for ECHO OFF default Message-ID: <1639@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 17 Jan 89 22:23:56 GMT References: Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 17 In article kkelly@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kelly) writes: > >Does anyone have a patch for IBM DOS 4.0 that makes ECHO OFF the >default for batch files? I've used such a patch on DOS 3.{1,2,3} so I >would like to maintain the feature as I upgrade. You dont *need* to patch DOS 4.0. Any command preceded by an @ is not echoed, so "@echo off" at the start of the batch file silently switches off echoing. This is a prefered solution rather than creating a non-standard command.com. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!philabs!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090