Output from debugger

[SkiTrak]

When I run a bat file from a dos window the output shows the prompt for example:

c:\foo > echo on

When run in the debugger the prompt is omitted.

This is undesirable for me because I compare output from a debug session with a non debug run using beyond compare and it makes every line apear different.

The other issue is I use the cmd prompt while stepping through the debugger to know what the current directory is.

 

[rconn]

Hmm - that's the first time in 29 years of writing command interpreters that anybody has considered CMD's behavior of feeding the batch file lines to the command prompt a "feature"!

There's no way to do that in TCC or CMDebug, and changing their behavior to match CMD would seriously cripple them, slow batch file execution dramatically, and introduce a slew of incompatibilities.

You can post this request on the Suggestions Forum; if you get enough support from other users I'll consider it for a future release.

 

[Rodolfo]

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This is undesirable for me because I compare output from a debug session with a non debug run using beyond compare and it makes every line apear different.
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I believe that with beyond compare You can specify that a part of a line is not important, and ignore those differences.

Regards

Rodolfo Giovanninetti

 

[AnrDaemon]

The prompt is useful to track script's current working directory.
If you want to make both outputs equivalent, you can unset PROMPT in the script.

 

[rps]

When I run a bat file from a dos window the output shows the prompt for example:

c:\foo > echo on

When run in the debugger the prompt is omitted.

This is undesirable for me because I compare output from a debug session with a non debug run using beyond compare and it makes every line appear different.

The other issue is I use the cmd prompt while stepping through the debugger to know what the current directory is.

I haven't needed to use CMD in many years, so I don't understand how comparing batch debugger outputs would actual be useful. Hopefully the other two responses are helping with that.

As for tracking the CWD. Can't you just add %_cwd to the watch list, which should track the current directory as your batch file changes directories? Untested.