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- device-name CP [new DOS 3.3]
-
- This option of the external MODE command allows you to select the code page
- for a specific device. The CHCP command selects the code page for all devices.
- CODE and CODEPAGE are equivalent to CP. [Not supported in OS/2]
-
- MODE device-name CP PREP[ARE]=[(cplist) [d:][pathname]filename[.ext]]
- MODE device-name CP SEL[ECT]=nnn
- MODE device-name CP [REF[RESH]]
- MODE device-name CP [/STA[TUS]]
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- PREPARE a list of code pages for a device.
- SELECT one of them to use, until another one gets SELECTed.
- If a code page is lost (by turning the device off and on, say),
- the last one SELECTed can be REFRESHed.
-
- device-name is any device (such as CON: or PRN:) that uses code-pages.
-
- cplist specifies one or more code pages, separated by commas.
-
- filename is a file (probably with a .CPI extension) containing the code
- pages.
-
- nnn specifies a code page.
-
- /STA will display the code page last SELECTed.