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- PAUSE [string]
-
- Displays a message, then pauses and waits for a keypress. If the keypress is
- Command-. (Apple-Period), the utility returns a -1 error code to the shell,
- which will then normally abort the current process. If [string] is not
- supplied, the utility will display the default string.
-
- Parameter:
-
- string - An ASCII string containing the message that the utility is to
- display prior to waiting for a keypress. The utility will
- display any and all characters following the space after the
- command name. For example:
-
- Pause "Please press any key to continue the backup process"
-
- will display
-
- "Please press any key to continue the backup process"
-
- (Notice the leading and trailing quote characters.)
-