Change commad prompt background color with batch file 1

[grofaty]

Hi,
I have two systems test and production. I execute some commands from command prompt and I would like to have cmd backgroud color to red if production environment is envoked by command.

I know I can create shortcut and change backgroud color to red. But how to change command prompt backgroud color with batch file?
Thanks,
Grofaty

 

[BionicJohn]

The key line in the batch file is something like

COLOR 4F


Syntax

Sets the default console foreground and background colors.

COLOR [attr]

attr Specifies color attribute of console output

Color attributes are specified by TWO hex digits -- the first corresponds to the background; the second the foreground. Each digit can be any of the below values.

0 = Black
1 = Blue
2 = Green
3 = Aqua
4 = Red
5 = Purple
6 = Yellow
7 = White
8 = Gray
9 = Light Blue
A = Light Green
B = Light Aqua
C = Light Red
D = Light Purple
E = Light Yellow
F = Bright White


If no argument is given, this command restores the color to what it was when CMD.EXE started. This value either comes from the current console window, the /T command line switch or from the DefaultColor registry value.

The COLOR command sets ERRORLEVEL to 1 if an attempt is made to execute the COLOR command with a foreground and background color that are the same.

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[grofaty]

Hi,
thank you very much. That is exactly what I was looking for.
Regards,
Grofaty