Re: tscmd.zip Useful NT/w2k/XP script tricks and tips

JRS:  In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, seen in
news:comp.archives.ms-windows.discuss, Walter Briscoe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted at Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:48:17 :-
>
>a) The echoing of commands is controlled at process rather than script
>level. The following shows some of the behaviour (

Better to explain it before giving a long example.

Commands "echo on" and "echo off" set echoing on and off; but a command
line beginning with an "@" sign is not echoed.  a new instance of the
command processor ...
Example (which should be preceded by explanation of %comspec%) : ...
 
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