PCMech Forums - View Single Post - A really simple question in batch files, and I mean SIMPLE

mosquito · 09-22-2000, 10:34 AM

hehe you can't

What I do is put a . (dot) in front of every line.

Code:

@echo off 
echo .Backing up ICQ db 
copy blah blah 
echo .Back up successful 
echo .
echo .Backing up My Docs 
copy blah blah 
echo .Back up successful

And on the screen it will show up as:

.Backing up ICQ db
.Back up successful
.
.Backing up My Docs
.Back up successful

Ok, it's not the best you can do, but I can live with it.

I heard that you can fake it with a tab, but I haven't seen it working

09-22-2000, 10:34 AM	#2
mosquito SQL nutcase Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,136	hehe you can't What I do is put a . (dot) in front of every line. Code: @echo off echo .Backing up ICQ db copy blah blah echo .Back up successful echo . echo .Backing up My Docs copy blah blah echo .Back up successful And on the screen it will show up as: .Backing up ICQ db .Back up successful . .Backing up My Docs .Back up successful Ok, it's not the best you can do, but I can live with it. I heard that you can fake it with a tab, but I haven't seen it working __________________ Join The PCMech RC5 Team Today!