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Type: Internal (3.0 and later)
Syntax:
COUNTRY=country code,[code page][,][d:][filename]
Purpose: Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to tell DOS to use
country-specific
text conventions during processing.
Discussion
The COUNTRY command affects the following items: date and time formats,
the
thousands and decimal characters used in numbers, the location and symbol
used
for currency, upper-to lowercase conversions, and alphabetical sorting
order.
The filename indicates a file that contains country-specific information
(the
default file name is COUNTRY.SYS).
An application program must be written to support the international
features of
DOS, otherwise the settings specified with the COUNTRY command will be
ignored
(refer to Appendix B for country-specific information).
Options
countrycode - A three-digit number used to specify the country code you
want
to use. The countrycode numbers are generally based on the international
long-distance telephone codes. The default value is 001 for the United
States.
codepage - Specifies the character set to be used for the specified
country.
The default code page for the specified country will be used if no
codepage is
entered.
Example
To set the country to the United States using the default codepage using
the
COUNTRY.SYS file located in the DOS directory on drive C, enter
country=001,,c:\dos\country.sys
For more information about this command, refer to the downloadable book DOS the Easy Way.
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