| BREAK |
|
| Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking. You can use this command at the |
| command prompt or in your CONFIG.SYS file. |
|
| You can press CTRL+C to stop a program or an activity (file sorting, for |
| example). Typically, MS-DOS checks for CTRL+C only while it reads from the |
| keyboard or writes to the screen or a printer. If you set BREAK to ON, you |
| extend CTRL+C checking to other functions, such as disk read and write |
| operations. |
|
| Syntax |
|
| BREAK [ON|OFF] |
|
| To display the current BREAK setting, use the following syntax: |
|
| BREAK |
|
| In your CONFIG.SYS file, use the following syntax: |
|
| BREAK=ON|OFF |
|
| Parameter |
|
| ON|OFF |
| Turns extended CTRL+C checking on or off. |
|
|
| BREAK--Note |
|
| Including BREAK in CONFIG.SYS |
|
| The default setting for BREAK is OFF. You can include the BREAK command in |
| your CONFIG.SYS file to enable extended CTRL+C checking every time you start |
| your system. |
|
|
| BREAK--Examples |
|
| To specify that MS-DOS is to check for CTRL+C only while it is reading from |
| the keyboard or writing to the screen or printer, type the following |
| command: |
|
| break off |
|
| To specify that MS-DOS is to check for CTRL+C while it is reading from a |
| disk or the keyboard or writing to a disk or the screen, type the following |
| command: |
|
| break on |
|
| To turn on this extended CTRL+C checking every time you start your system, |
| include the following command in your CONFIG.SYS file: |
|
| break=on |
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