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   John,   
      
   >> The question is : is there a prefix that will disable the "echo off"   
   >> for that one line / command ?   
   >   
   > Not that I know of;   
      
   I could not think of one either.   
      
   > as you say there's ways around it; insert a bare line "CD" after   
   > the "CD \mydir" is the simplest I can think of.   
      
   Ehrmm ...  It looks like I got caught out more than once :   
      
   I somehow was able to bullshit myself and not recognise it : The '@' prefix   
   will suppress displaying the batch line itself, but certainly not its   
   output.   And that ofcourse means that, as you said, a 'cd' on a line on its   
   own, prefixed or not, will display the current directory.   
      
   Also, when the batchfile ends the/my $P$G prompt will display the current   
   directory when asking for input.   
   IOW, I was told, but I simply did not register it.    :-(   
      
   > A more tedious solution is to [snip]   
      
   I also thought of those, inclusive, after having posted my question, the ">   
   CON" method.  It was during testing of it that I recognised what a load of   
   crap I had been posting (not the question itself, but that I needed it). :-|   
      
   Thanks for the response.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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