[RESOLVED] Input command in DOS

[ViperZ2001]

Does anyone know how to easily get an input prompt from DOS? I can easily do it in Turbobat and then compile it, but I need to figure out how to do it in pure DOS.

TIA

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[xt477]

theres noway to actully stop a batch file and prompt for user in put, without useing second party software. There was choice.com in DOS 6 that would prompt for numerical input or otherwise you had to use command line switches.

@echo off
if "%1"=="" goto _help
pkunzip * %1:\games
goto end
:_help
echo Please type install.bat c
end

So if the end user didnt type a drive letter he would be prompted to restart the batch file with proper letter.


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Reflect, repent and reboot.
Order shall return.

[Vernon Frazee]

Here's one way to get user input, via a BATch file, using nothing more than what comes with MS-DOS (and Windows 9x):
@echo off
:INPUT.BAT puts what is typed next in environment variable INPUT
set input=
echo INPUT.BAT
echo Type in something and press [Enter]
fc con nul /lb1 /n|date|find " 1: ">temptemp.bat
echo :Loop>>enter.bat
echo if not (%%input%%)==() set input=%%input%% %%5>>enter.bat
echo if (%%input%%)==() set input=%%5>>enter.bat
echo shift>>enter.bat
echo if not (%%5)==() goto Loop>>enter.bat
for %%x in (call del) do %%x temptemp.bat
del enter.bat
echo The string you just entered:
echo %input%
echo has been stored in an environment variable named INPUT
:End
Note: On the line that begins with fc con nul, there must be four spaces before the 1: and two spaces after it.

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