2006-06-15 16:15:09 · 11 answers · asked by Laura 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Try this in your autoexec file or from the command line:
type:
prompt $_$S "Excellent command or filename"$G
If you need to know which directory you are in, after '$S' put in '$P'.
I resisted windows as long as I could, one of the last bastions of the realm of DOS. I still have to use it a lot on the job. Mostly 5.0 and 6.22, but some 3.3 and 3.2 stuff still around. I have seen anything older in quite a few years.
2006-06-16 02:49:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because it is a second rate operating system, behind the Macintosh platforms(OS 9 and OS X), but ahead of any Windows operating system. Windows is flawed, DOS is only logical statements. The recent Mac OS is a user-friendly gui over a Unix shell. It's really the best of both worlds.
2006-06-15 16:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by stalker_42 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when there is no error, then the command is just executed or the file just opened as it should be, you will notice everything working right when the computer does what it is asked, so you dont need a message.
2006-06-15 16:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by MARTIN B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Bill Gates is the evil spawn of Satan... he sat around and thought up that maddening Abort, Retry, Fail thingy too, the savage bastard!
2006-06-15 16:21:34 · answer #4 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be it DOS or UNIX, the general convention is "no news is good news". So everytime DOS does not say anything, just gives you the next command prompt, you can assume it just appreciated the beauty of your previous command.
Good question though.
2006-06-15 16:29:02 · answer #5 · answered by Dhruv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if it was, everything would work just fine. Having that message pop up would just be stating the obvious.
2006-06-15 16:18:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there is nothing like that !
secondly: there is no need to. if the command is excellent, it is executed without any errors !!
2006-06-15 16:18:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it doesn't believe in positive reinforcement. It's like a drill Sgt, that stupid DOS!
2006-06-17 23:10:47 · answer #8 · answered by Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does, but it says it so fast you just never see it.
2006-06-15 16:18:16 · answer #9 · answered by chaos_emporium 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good thought!!! May be cos its a Dumb Old Sukker !!!!!
2006-06-15 16:19:05 · answer #10 · answered by nice_libra_guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋