Break During Output

If the interactive user causes a break interruption during output from MAKEUSER, any lines already queued for output are discarded. If MAKEUSER is running in update or CREATE mode, no further action is taken.

However, if MAKEUSER is performing a COPY function or is reading a disk file (DEFAULTDEFINES or a file specified by $INPUT), a conversation is initiated. MAKEUSER sends the following message: 

---BREAK: RESPOND WITH "STOP", "MUTE" OR "OK"

The user must then send one of the responses shown in Responses to a Break During Output.

Table 65. Responses to a Break During Output

User Response

Result

STOP

Causes the current operation to be aborted with an error indication. If input was being read from a disk file, that reading is terminated.

MUTE

Causes the current operation to continue without error indication but with no additional output to the terminal until one of the following conditions exists:

  • The current COPY function is completed.

  • The end of the current input file is reached.

  • An END is encountered.

If the value of HARDCOPY is TRUE, output that is withheld from the terminal continues to go to the printer file.

OK

Causes the current operation to continue with no effect other than loss of output in the queue.


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