I don't recall if this is directly available from MPE [without writing a
program], but from within MPEX, you can use the "printopreply" function in a
calc/setvar:

   !job x
   !mpex
   %setvar response printopreply("respond to continue job")
   %showvar response
   %exit
   !eoj

non-MPEX methods of pausing-until-responded [but not being able to "use" the
response] would be something like:

   !job x
   !file t=waiting;dev=999 [or 7, provided "autoreply" isn't set...]
   !tellop job paused until you respond to the next request
   !continue
   !store <nothing important>;dev=*t
   !...

This WILL generate an error, hence the continue, and the operators will see
something like

   <standard reply header>;is "waiting" on ldev 999? (y/n)

which, in most cases, should not be a real/legit tape drive...

of course, a really simple short C/SPL/COBOL program to call the
PRINTOPREPLY intrinsic and set a system variable to the result shouldn't
take more than a few minutes to write...


Tom Emerson
Sr. Systems Analyst
NDC | e COMMERCE
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Holloway, Rich [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 2:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Brain Took a Vacation
>
>
> What is the command or option that will pause a job until
> there is a reply
> from the operator. Would like it to operate like the INPUT command.
>