Re: question on spawning DOS from C prog

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From: Bob Konigsberg
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 20:43

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The way to embed a newline in a prompt is to use $_

For example, PROMPT Yes Bob?$_$P$G

will produce:

Yes Bob?
C:\>

as a prompt.

BobK

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