PAUSE
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Format:        PAUSE [text]

Purpose:       Issues  a  prompt and suspends execution of  a 
          batch file.

Use:           The text,  if given,  is printed on the screen 
          and the prompt:

                    Press RETURN to continue...

          is printed, and a press of the RETURN key is waited 
          for.  Once it has been pressed,  the PAUSE  command 
          ends. This is usually only used in a batch file for 
          prompting for, for example, a disk change.

Examples:

     PAUSE
     Press RETURN to continue...

               No  text  was given,  so just the  prompt  was 
          printed.


     PAUSE Insert backup disk in drive B:
     Insert backup disk in drive B:
     Press RETURN to continue...

               The text was printed, followed by the standard 
          prompt.  If  used in a batch file,  then batch file 
          execution will be suspended until the RETURN key is 
          pressed.
