Take User Input in PCDOS

[phillid]

Hello. A bit different from Windows Batch Programming, but still fits in. I have a computer that boots PCDOS 7.1 (yes, it still goes). The batch language in it is pretty much the same as MSDOS but I can't use the 'set /p' command to ask for input from the user.

I have a program that needs to request certain things from the user - ones that cannot be put into command line arguments etc, but as I have said, I cannot use set /p. I do know about the messy methods like this for example:

coffee.bat

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@echo off
echo Do you want a coffee?
prompt $G

yes.bat

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@echo off
echo Sorry, I can't get you one!

no.bat

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echo Good. Because I can't get you one anyway.

This is too messy and slow switching between different programs.


Is there a way to do this, or should I write a QBASIC program or something??

Thanks a million!

phillid

[orange_batch]

I'm unfamiliar with PCDOS. Is there a choice command? Is there a command reference? Or does a command simply not exist, so user input is done via workarounds?

[phillid]

Yeah, there's no choice command, or a help command! I was shocked by this. I will have to look at a simple QBASIC program to solve this.
Thanks anyway!

[rfpd]

type help on the command prompt for get more info.