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Controls the use of pauses during LIST output.
Syntax
SET PAUSE ON|OFF
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The PAUSE option is set OFF by default.
When you set PAUSE ON, LIST output pauses after each “page” (i.e., the number of lines specified in the current PAGESIZE setting).
During a pause at the terminal, the message Press
Example
set output printer
set pause on
set pagesize 40
set pagewidth 120
list all Employees sorted by Department
The above SET PAUSE command ensures that the printer stops after each page, enabling you (for example) to manually feed a special form for each page of output.
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