Prompt String “$v” Adds Extra Spaces PSS ID Number: Q60213 Article last modified on 07-14-1993 PSS database name: O_MSDOS
3.30 3.30a
MS-DOS
| The information in this article applies to: |
| - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 3.30 and 3.30a |
Summary:
The “Microsoft MS-DOS Version 3.30 User’s Guide” states on Page 101 that the “$v” sequence can be placed in a PROMPT string to display the current MS-DOS version information in the MS-DOS prompt. However, extra spaces are added after the MS-DOS version name, causing any text on the same line after the version information to be moved to the right by 21 spaces.
The prompt command of “PROMPT <math display="inline">V</math>G” produces the following
MS-DOS Version 3.30 >
instead of the following expected output:
MS-DOS Version 3.30>
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with MS-DOS versions 3.30 and 3.30a. This problem does not occur in later versions of MS-DOS.
Additional reference words: 3.3 noupd
Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.
