Echo - ZiLOG Z80-RIO Operating System User's Manual

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ECHO
SYNTAX
ECHO string
DESCRIPTION
ECHO
Copies the string following the command name up to, but not
including, the command terminator, to the console output
device. This provides a method to send messages to the
console from the command line.
I/O UNIT UTILIZATION
unit
2:
string output
EXAMPLES
ASM MYFILEiLINK $=4400 MYFILEiECHO <control-G>
This would send a control-G (bell) to the console output
device after completion of the assembly and link.
ECHO is also useful to provide instructions to the user of
the console command file. For example,
COPY,;ECHO INSERT DISKETTES;PAUSE;I:X 4400 #1 #2
can be used to copy files from one diskette to another,
neither of which have the command file COpy on them.
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