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 SKIP
 
  
 Format:	SKIP [<label>] [BACK] 
  
 Template:	LABEL, BACK/S 
  
 Purpose:	To skip to a label when executing script files. 
  
 Path:		Internal 
  
 Specification: 
  
 SKIP is used in scripts to allow you to skip ahead in the script to a <label> 
 defined by a LAB statement. If no <label> is specified, SKIP jumps to the 
 next LAB statement. 
  
 SKIP always searches forward from the current line of the file. However, 
 when the BACK option is used, SKIP starts searching for the label from the 
 beginning of the file. This allows SKlPs to points prior to the SKIP 
 command. 
  
 You can only SKIP as far back as the last EXECUTE statement. If there are no 
 EXECUTE statements in a script, you will SKIP back to the beginning of the 
 file. 
  
 If SKIP does not fnd the label you specifed, the command sequence terminates 
 and the message "Label <label> not found by Skip" is displayed. 
  
 Example: 
  
 Assume you have the following script, called CheckFile: 
  
 .KEY name 
 IF exists <name> 
 SKIP message 
 ELSE 
 ECHO "<name> is not in this directory." 
 QUIT 
 ENDIF 
 LAB message 
 ECHO "The <name> file does exist." 
  
 You can run the script by entering: 
  
 1> EXECUTE CheckFile Document 
  
 If the Document file exists in the current directory, the execution of the 
 script will SKIP ahead to the LAB command. The message: 
  
 The Document file does exist 
  
 Will be displayed in the Shell window. 
  
 If the Document file is not in the current directory, the execution of the 
 script will jump to the line after the ELSE statement, and the message: 
  
 Document is not in this directory 
  
 Will be displayed. 
  
 See also: 
  
 EXECUTE 
 LAB