# Command: menu

      MENU displays a menu while running config.sys / fdconfig.sys.
      MENU is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.

## Syntax:

       menu [text]

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## Options:

      text  The text you want to be shown while running config.sys
        Usage:
          Use menudefault to set a time delayed default option. Lines that
          begin with 1? will only be processed if the user presses 1.
          Lines beginning with 23? will be loaded if the user presses either
          2 or 3. Options other than 0 can only be selected if at least one
          "numbers?" line actually uses them, as shown in the example below.
        Using with autoexec.bat:
          The environment variable CONFIG is set to the menu option value.
          Therefore %CONFIG% can be used in the autoexec.bat in conjunction
          with the if command. For instance:
            In config.sys "1" was chosen:
          In autoexec.bat:
            IF "%config%"=="1" SHSUCDX /D:FDCD001

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## Comments:

      MENU displays a menu while running config.sys / fdconfig.sys.
      MENU is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
      in order to work.

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## Examples:

      IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
        MENU Please Select Configuration:
        MENU
        MENU Option 0    basic stuff only
        MENU Option 1    CD-ROM
        MENU Option 2    TROUSERS
        MENU Option 3    CD-ROM and TROUSERS
        0? ECHO Warning: Only standard drivers!
        13?DEVICE=uide.sys /S125 /D:FDCD001
        23?DEVICE=TROUSERS.SYS
      IN AUTOEXEC.BAT:
        IF "%config%"=="1" SHSUCDX /D:FDCD001
        IF "%config%"=="3" SHSUCDX /D:FDCD001

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## See also:

      config.sys
      fdconfig.sys
      menucolor
      menudefault

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## File:

      Please read this command's lsm file also.
      You will find the updated version (internet) here and
      the version described in this manual page here.
      The lsm file contains information about the name of the programmer,
      the download site, and some other command related information.

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      Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2011 by W. Spiegl.

      This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
      See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.