DOS prompt

DOS prompt

The message DOS displays when it is ready to accept user input. The default DOS prompt (C:\>, D:\>, etc.) displays the current drive and directory. Earlier versions of DOS did not display the directory name and required that the Prompt command be used with the following parameters to produce the same results:

                  prompt $p$g


     Prompt
     Code   Displays
     $p     Current drive/directory
     $g     >
     $l     <
     $n     Default drive
     $t     Time
     $d     Date
     $v     DOS version
     $_     Go to next line

The command, prompt XYZ Company$_$d$_$p$b
would generate the following DOS prompt:

          XYZ Company
          Tue 04-30-2001
          C:\>