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Article #25829Re: Echo Off! Dammit!
From: bloom
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 23:47
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 23:47
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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
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!inmet!ishmael!inmet!authorplaceholder 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> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:phoenix.Princeton.EDU:-211000:inmet:149000020:000:306 Nf-From: inmet.UUCP!bloom Mar 21 18:47:00 1988