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- ** PROMPT30.ARC **** SHORT, CLEAN & USEFUL DOS PROMPTS *** v.3.0 **** 12/12/86**
-
- PURPOSE: To give users, when at the DOS level, concise but useful
- information about the current: day of the week, date, time,
- logged directory, and a highlighted DOS prompt while taking the
- least possible amount of space in the DOS environment.
-
- (color system)
- FORMAT: PROMPT sH$D│$T$h$h│ $pu$n$g
-
- (see below for a detailed explanation of the color prompt)
-
- (monochrome system)
- or: PROMPT sH$D│$T$h$h│$pu$n$g
-
- REMARKS: For these prompts to work, (color or monochrome screen), ANSI.SYS
- MUST be installed through CONFIG.SYS with the command:
-
- DEVICE=[d:][path]ANSI.SYS
-
- in CONFIG.SYS and CONFIG.SYS must be located in the root directory
- of the hard disk (or boot diskette), and the date and time MUST be
- current.
-
- NOTE: When using the SET command to verify the status of the DOS
- environment, these prompts will show only as: PROMPT=$n$g.
-
-
- USAGE: The prompt is best placed in the AUTOEXEC.BOMPet but may be
- created at any time via batchOMPeles. (See the batchOfiles
- included in the PROMPT30.ARC and listed below.)
-
- PROMPTC0.BT for color screen (does not show the time)
- PROMPTC1.BOOOfor color screen (shows the time)
- PROMPTM0.BOOOfor monochrome screen (does not show the time)
- PROMPTM1.BT for monochrome screen (shows the time)
-
- You may of course rename these batchOMPeles to shorter names to
- make it easier to execute them from keyboard entry.
-
- If these batchOfiles are missing create a batchOMPele whichOincludes
- the following lines (for color screen):
-
- ECHO OFF
- CLS
- PROMPT sH$D│$T$h$h│$pu$n$g
-
- or the following lines (for monochrome screen):
-
- ECHO OFF
- CLS
- PROMPT sH$D│$T$h$h│$pu$n$g
-
-
- COLORS: The colors or screen attributes may be changed by modifying the
- appropriate parameters shown with an underlining caret (^) below:
-
- (color)
- PROMPT sH$D│$T$h$h│$pu$n$g
- ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
- (monochrome)
- PROMPT sH$D│$T$h$h│$pu$n$g
- ^^ ^^^^
-
- It is thus possible to create several batchOMPeles whichOoffer
- various choices of prompts withOvarious colors or attributes
- to meet one's needs or fancy.
-
-
- RESULTS: The prompt will show up in the following manner on the screen:
-
- Fri 12-12│18:30│C:\DOS\UTIL
- |----1----|--2--|-----3-----|
-
- 1. current day of the week and date (month and day only)
- 2. current time (updated only when the screen is refreshed)
- 1. current logged-in directory