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From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: [DOCS] How to prompt for a value if a variable is not set
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In response to [DOCS] How to prompt for a value if a variable is not set  (randy@strausses.net)
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On Monday, September 18, 2017, <randy@strausses.net> wrote:
But if the variable is not set, I want the script to prompt for
it.

In version 10 this should be doable, we introduced \if conditionals.  You might be able to hack up something via "\!" in 9.6 and earlier (haven't tried it myself).

David J.

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