Programming Field

‘;’ (Write comments in Config.sys) - DOS/Command Prompt Reference

[MS-DOS, Windows 95/98/Me] In Config.sys file, this symbol has same effect for Rem.

[Windows NT series/XP or later] ‘&’ has the same behavior for ‘;’ in Linux.

Syntax

;<any-comment>

Details

Unlike Linux(sh or etc.), you cannot use this symbol for concatenating multiple commands to oneline. ([Windows NT series] Instead you can use ‘&’ character.)

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