MS DOS Command: BREAK

Reference from Microsoft MS-DOS cmd help

Description

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

Parameters

ON|OFF

Turns extended CTRL+C checking on or off.

Remarks

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.

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