PROMPT

Name	PROMPT
Abrv
Ver	2.0 ...
Type	Int

Used to customize the DOS prompt.
Saves settings as an environment variable PROMPT.

Syntax

PROMPT promptstring

Optional
Parameters
and Switches

promptstring

Can include text and any metastring from table below as well as
any ANSI.SYS command strings (See ANSI COMMANDS.
If not present restores default: $N$G (C>).

Meta- String	Description	Example
$$	Dollarsign	$
$B	Vertical Bar	\|
$D	Current date	Tue 09-11-2001
$G	Greater than	>
$L	Less than	<
$N	Current Drive letter	C
$P	Current Drive and path	C:\DOS
$Q	Equal sign	=
$T	DOS Version	MS-DOS Version 6.0
$_	Carriage return and line feed - moves cursor to first position of next line.	... _
$E	Escape character	(for ANSI commands)
$H	Backspace character	(erases prev. char.)

$ followed by any char not in table above is ignored.

Notes

1) A prompt stays active until DOS is restarted or
   a new PROMPT command is executed.
2) When a DOS window is opened in Windows, the prompt is changed
   to the value of the WINPMT environment variable (if defined).