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prompts

Turns on or off prompting for standard input during command file execution.

Format

prompts {-on | -off}

Description

During  the  execution  of  a  DSEE command file, the DSEE facility, by default,
assumes that responses to command prompts can be found within the command  file.
For  example,  if the command file being executed contains a delete task command
without the -nq option, the DSEE  facility  ordinarily  expects  that  the  line
following the delete task command contains the appropriate response to the query
"Is this the task you wish to delete?"

If you prefer that the DSEE  facility  look  toward  standard  input  to  obtain
answers  to  such queries, issue the prompts -on command, either by including it
at the top of your command file or by issuing the command before  executing  the
command file.  To restore the default behavior of taking answers to queries from
command files, issue the prompts -off command.

Note that prompts cannot be abbreviated.

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