These directives control the way that CMD.EXE operate. Some can be changed with the SETDOS command while CMD.EXE is running. Any corresponding SETDOS command is listed in the description of each directive. The configuration directives are:
AmPm Time display format AppendToDir "\" on directory names in filename completion BatchEcho Default batch file echo state BeepFreq Default beep frequency BeepLength Default beep length CDDWinLeft, CDDWinTop, CDDWinWidth, CDDWinHeightInitial position and size of the directory change window CommandSep Multiple command separator character CursorIns Cursor shape in insert mode CursorOver Cursor shape in overstrike mode DecimalChar DecimalChar DescriptionMax Maximum length of file descriptions DescriptionName Name of file to hold file descriptions Descriptions Enable / disable description processing EditMode Editing mode (insert / overstrike) EscapeChar CMD.EXE escape character EvalMax Max digits after decimal point in @EVAL EvalMin Min digits after decimal point in @EVAL ExecWait Wait for external programs at command line FileCompletion Filename completion by extension FuzzyCD Selects Extended Directory Search mode HistCopy History copy mode HistLogName History log file name HistMin Minimum command length to save HistMove History move mode HistWrap History wrap mode LineInput Enable / disable line input mode ListRowStart Starting row number for LIST and FFIND LogName Log file name NoClobber Overwrite protection for output redirection ParameterChar Alias / batch file parameter character PathExt Enable or disable the PATHEXT variable PopupWinLeft, PopupWinTop, PopupWinWidth, PopupWinHeightInitial position and size of popup windows Printer LIST print device ScreenRows Screen height TabStops Tab width in LIST ThousandsChar Thousands separator UnixPaths Enable or disable slash in command paths UpperCase Force file names to upper case