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- Exerpt from PC World - March 1987 - *.* (p.329)
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- Informative DOS Prompt
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- I was quite taken with the ANSI.SYS device driver that draws the
- flag of Texas as a DOS prompt [see "Loan Star Look," *.*, PCW,
- September 1986]. I've used the same technique to create a prompt
- that displays the current directory, time, and date in a bar at the
- top of the screen. Since the bar is bart of the DOS prompt, every
- time you press <Enter> or issure a DOS-level command, all three items
- are immediately updated.
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- When you type in the necessary instructions [see Listing 4], make sure
- you substitute a space for each of the dots and type every letter
- exactly as shown, paying attention to uppercase and lowercase. Make
- sure that PROMPT is followed by only one space.
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- Mark Aramli
- Manchester, Connecticut
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- Editor's note: Don't forget to install ANSI.SYS by placing the
- command DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file on the DOS disk used to
- start the system (see you DOS manual for details).
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- I wrote a batch file with the correct PROMPT command that is refered
- to as Listing 4.
- Enjoy!
- Norbert Urban
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