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- COMMAND: BREAK (Control Break)
-
- FUNCTION: Controls the ability of DOS to check for a control break sequence.
-
- FORMAT: BREAK [ON!OFF]
-
- TYPE: DOS internal command
-
- REMARKS: ON allows DOS to detect a Ctrl-Break sequence whenever it requests
- any DOS function.
- OFF permits DOS to detect a Ctrl-Break sequence only during a
- screen, keyboard, printer or communications operation.
- An executing program is terminated whenever a control break sequence
- is detected. Entering BREAK with no arguement displays the current
- state of break checking. The default of OFF has been changed to
- ON by a patch to COMMAND.COM.