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Avery Dennison 6035 Programmer Manual Rev.A 7/98 User Manual

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7/9/98

ROM-DOS 6.22 Command Descriptions 3-97

P R O M P T

Internal

Purpose

Changes the ROM-DOS command prompt.

Syntax

PROMPT [text] [$character] [$character...]

Remarks

The prompt ROM-DOS normally displays is the letter of the current
drive followed by a right arrow (>). Using PROMPT changes the
prompt to include any combination of a message, the current directory,
the date, the time, and some other features.

Code

Corresponding Prompt

$T

Time

$D

Date

$P

Current Path

$V

ROM-DOS version number

$N

Current drive

$G

The > character

$L

The < character

$B

The | character

$Q

The = sign

$H

A backspace (which erases the previous
character)

$E

ASCII code for Escape (X'1B')

$_

Start a new line

$$

The $ character