SUMMARY

Sends a message to the terminal and pauses.

SYNTAX

PAUSE {MESSAGE text},{PERIOD {ON|OFF|v}}

INPUT

MESSAGE text:	Text of message to send to terminal before pausing. Enclose text in single quotes if it contains any blanks.
PERIOD {ON}:	Turn period option on but don't change length of pause. When this option is on, SAC pauses for a certain period of time and then resumes execution automatically.
PERIOD OFF:	Turn period option off. When this option is off, SAC pauses until you type a carriage-return.
PERIOD v:	Turn period option on and change length of pause to v seconds.

DEFAULT VALUES

PAUSE MESSAGE 'Pausing' PERIOD OFF

DESCRIPTION

This command lets you temporarily suspend the execution of a SAC macro file. When this command is executed, SAC sends a message to your terminal, pauses, and then either waits until you type a carriage return or waits for a specified period of time.

This might be of interest if you wanted to study the output of a particular command before allowing the next command in the macro to be executed. It is of particular interest in the preparation of macro files to be used in demonstrations and tutorials. The ECHO command is also useful for preparing such demonstrations.

SEE COMMANDS

ECHO

LATEST REVISION

May 15, 1987 (Version 10.2)