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Q103546: Interactive Boot Displays AUTOEXEC.BAT Messages Twice

Article: Q103546
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): 6.2,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.2, 6.22 
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You can use the /Y parameter with MS-DOS 6.2 COMMAND.COM to interactively
process any batch file. (The /Y parameter is ON by default for AUTOEXEC.BAT
when performing an interactive boot). The following list includes some of
the behaviors that using the /Y parameter produces:

- If you have ECHO ON, each line is displayed twice. To avoid this, add ECHO
  OFF as the first line of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and press Y when you are
  prompted to process that line.

- When a batch file line is displayed for prompting, replaceable parameters
  (%1, %2, and so forth) and environment variables are already replaced with
  their values. This can be useful for debugging batch files.

- You can easily prompt for user input without using the CHOICE command. For
  example, if a batch file includes "command /y /c scandisk /all," you are
  prompted with "scandisk /all (Y/N)?"

Additional query words: 6.20 tcpip netbt

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620
Version           : :6.2,6.22

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