*** test.bat ***
START /wait echoline 
ECHO %errorlevel%

****echoline.C ****

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)  /*simple test program: echoline.C */
{
    char line[256];
    
    while (printf("%s","Enter Line:"),gets (line) 
           && strcmp(line,"quit") != 0)
    {
       printf ("%s\n",line);   
    }
}