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.S2 SUMMARY:
Pause a specified number of seconds

PAUSE Period delay

.S2 INPUT:
Period delay  : number of seconds to wait
.S2 DESCRIPTION:
Termination processing until the time delay is met. It was originally intended
to await an ENTER/RETURN but this would not work using stdio in shell scripts.
On could of course open /dev/console in UNIX/LINUX but this may not be
transportable.
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The purpose of this routine lies in using a shell script to run gsac. The combination of an ECHO followed by a PAUSE permits text to be read before proceeding with processing.
.S2 "SAC COMPATIBILITY"
SAC also permits a y/n response for continuation.

.S2 EXAMPLES:

.S2 "SEE ALSO":
ECHO
