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|command: PAUSE                                                       |
|use: To pass to a user control of a batch file while processing.     |
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|how:Type:(in a batch file)  PAUSE <Message, if any>                  |
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|example:Virtually every >BAT file on this disk has a PAUSE command.  |
| TIMEMASTER displays messages on a separate line so we can insert    |
| different colors for the message and the PAUSE instruction in the   |
| color versions of these files.                                      |
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|NOTES: The basic function of PAUSE is to stop the execution of the   |
| batch file until you press a key. This can allow you to perform     |
| a necessary task -- like perhaps changing a disk or verifying that  |
| a particular disk configuration is in place, in order to avoid      |
| errors as the remaining parts of the batch file are executed.       |
| Pause will optionally display a message.                            |
|  The message will show, followed by the DOS message:                |
|                  Strike any key when ready...                       |


|         THE PAUSE SUBCOMMAND IN BATCH PROCESSING FILES...           |
| The PAUSE subcommand suspends execution of the batch file temporar- |
| ily and displays the message "Strike any key when ready..." You     |
| can display messages in a batch file with the ECHO subcommand and   |
| then pause so the reader can read the message. These messages       |
| must precede the PAUSE command. A common method used in batch files |
| is to display a message before a major command is issued, thus giv- |
| ing the user a chance to break out of the batch file. Example:      |
|                 ECHO DRIVE C IS ABOUT TO BE ERASED...               |
|                 ECHO Press Ctrl-Break to stop or                    |
|                 PAUSE                                               |
| The screen display would appear as follows:                         |
|               DRIVE C IS ABOUT TO BE ERASED...                      |
|               Press Ctrl-Break to stop or  [also Ctrl C]            |
|               Strike any key when ready...                          |
| One of the most useful features of PAUSE is to allow a user to      |
| change diskettes between commands of a batch file.                  |
| You can use the PAUSE command to segment a batch file into segments |


| that can be stopped at any appropriate point. <comment> is optional |
| and should be entered on the same line as PAUSE. <comment> is used  |
| to prompt -- with a meaningful message -- the batch file user to    |
| take some action when the file pauses. The <comment> is displayed   |
| before the "Strike any key when ready..." message.                  |
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