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en:docs:dos:api:int21:37:00 [2020/12/14 09:57] – created prokusheven:docs:dos:api:int21:37:00 [2024/05/02 06:15] (current) – prokushev
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 ===== Notes ===== ===== Notes =====
  
-  Determine the character which is used to introduce command switches. +Determine the character which is used to introduce command switches. This setting is ignored by MS-DOS commands in version 4.0 and higher, but is honored by many third-party programs and by Novell DOS 7 external commands 
-          This setting is ignored by MS-DOS commands in version 4.0 and higher, +           
-          but is honored by many third-party programs and by Novell DOS 7 +BUG:    Novell DOS 7's COMMAND.COM (prior to Update 15) fails to honor the SwitChar setting for internal commands even though COMMAND.COM honors it in its own command tail (i.e. COMMAND /?); even in Update 15, internal commands fail to honor SwitChar for the /? help option 
-          external commands +           
-BUG:    Novell DOS 7's COMMAND.COM (prior to Update 15) fails to honor the +documented in some OEM versions of some releases of DOS 
-         SwitChar setting for internal commands even though COMMAND.COM +   
-          honors it in its own command tail (i.e. COMMAND /?); even in Update +supported by OS/2 compatibility box 
-          15, internal commands fail to honor SwitChar for the /? help option +         
-  documented in some OEM versions of some releases of DOS +always returns AL=00h/DL=2Fh for MS-DOS 5+ and DR DOS 3.41-6.0 
-        supported by OS/2 compatibility box +         
-        always returns AL=00h/DL=2Fh for MS-DOS 5+ and DR DOS 3.41-6.0 +Novell DOS 7 COMMAND.COM indicates switch characters other than '/' by changing the first backslash (and only the first one) in the path it prints for PROMPT $p with a forward slash
-        Novell DOS 7 COMMAND.COM indicates switch characters other than '/' +
-          by changing the first backslash (and only the first one) in the +
-          path it prints for PROMPT $p with a forward slash+
  
 ===== See also ===== ===== See also =====
  
- AX=3701h+AX=[[en:docs:dos:api:int21:37:01|3701h]]