Command: echo (config.sys command)
ECHO displays messages. There also exists a
BATCH-FILE/AUTOEXEC.BAT/COMMAND.COM version.
ECHO is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.
Syntax:
ECHO [message]
Options:
message The message you want to be displayed to the user.
Comments:
ECHO displays (echos) its arguments to the console during CONFIG.SYS /
FDCONFIG.SYS processing when device drivers are loaded (when DEVICE= lines are executed).
ECHO is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
in order to work. There also exists a command.com ECHO command with
different options.
Examples:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
ECHO loading driver1
device=Driver1.sys
ECHO driver1 successfully loaded
See also:
autoexec.bat
batch files
config.sys
echo (command.com command)
eecho
fdconfig.sys
Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2008 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
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