Command: rem (config.sys / fdconfig.sys)
REM records comments (remarks) both in a BATCH-FILE or in an
AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT or an CONFIG.SYS /FDCONFIG.SYS.
Syntax:
REM [comment]
; [comment] (differences to REM!)
Options:
comment any comment you want to add to remember why you did
this or that; can also be a command, which shall not
be executed (maybe for test purposes).
Comments:
FreeDOS ignores everything on a REM line.
Use REM (remarks) to add explanatory notes to the CONFIG.SYS /
FDCONFIG.SYS or in AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT or to disable lines
there so that they won't run. This is very helpful for testing.
While CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS supports both ";" and "REM" for
commenting out, in a BATCH FILE or in AUTOEXEC.BAT / FDAUTO.BAT
only "REM" works.
REM (config.sys) is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs
no other file in order to work. REM also exists as AUTOEXEC.BAT /
FDAUTO.BAT command.
Examples:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
REM DOS=HIGH,UMB has the same effect!
;DOS=HIGH,UMB has the same effect!
IN A .BAT FILE / AUTOEXEC.BAT:
REM Set the last drive letter available:
lastdrive=z
REM I don't want to use this driver any more:
REM DEVICE=FOO.SYS
; DOES NOT WORK IN A BAT / AUTOEXEC.BAT!
See also:
; (semicolon)
autoexec.bat/fdauto.bat
batch files
command.com/freecom
config.sys/fdconfig.sys
lastdrive
menu
menucolor
menudefault
rem (batch/autoexec/fdauto)
Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2007 and 2022 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.