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WAITER Ed's Utility Manual WAITER
SUMMARY
waiter - inserts a pause so the user can bail
PARAMETERS
waiter [-q -s seconds] msgline1 msgline2....
DESCRIPTION
Waiter counts down for a default of five seconds, then
terminates with ERRORLEVEL 0. If the user presses a key during
countdown, waiter terminates with ERRORLEVEL 1.
A hidden feature allows the user to terminate with ERRORLEVEL 0
by pressing ctrl-A. This allows the impatient user to override
the wait, but take the default action.
OPTIONS
s seconds. Overrides the default ten seconds. 3600
seconds, for example, waits an hour.
q quiet. Suppresses copyright message for use in batch
files.
EXAMPLES
rem bottom of batch file
waiter -qs5 "Press any key to" "avoid starting windows"
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto around
win
:around
rem batch file ends in DOS here
AUTHORSHIP AND COPYRIGHT
Edward W. Greenberg
1600 Stokes Street #24
San Jose, CA 95126
CIS: 76703,1070
Internet: edg@netcom.com
This document, and the accompanying program are Copyright
1993 by Edward W. Greenberg, San Jose, California. They may
not be reproduced for profit or gain with the exception that
a reasonable disk reproduction fee may be charged. They may
be freely shared on diskette, on Bulletin Board Systems or
on for-profit on-line services, so long as no charge is made
for them in excess of the normal on-line charge for such
service.
This software is released as freeware. A license is granted to any
individual or business to USE this software on computers owned by that
individual or business, but no license is issued to incorporate
the software in any released product.
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MAP Ed's Utility Manual MAP
SHAREWARE
This program represents about 20 hours work. I have made it
available on CompuServe and encourage it's distribution on
other shareware media.
If you'd like to acknowledge the usefulness of this program,
and encourage further development of SIMCITY utilities,
please register with a $10 shareware contribution. I'll
notify registered users of new versions and other utilities.
Whether or not you send a shareware contribution, please
drop me an electronic note, or a postcard, and let me know
that you're using the program and what you think of it.
OTHER TRADEMARKS
SIMCITY is a trademark of Maxis.
LASERJET and DESKJET are trademarks of Hewlett Packard, as
is HP.
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