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ckint(1)			 User Commands			      ckint(1)

NAME
       ckint, errint, helpint, valint - display a prompt; verify and return an
       integer value

SYNOPSIS
       ckint  [-Q]  [-W width]	[-b base]  [-d default]	 [-h help]  [-e error]
       [-p prompt] [ -k pid [-s signal]]

       /usr/sadm/bin/errint [-W width] [-b base] [-e error]

       /usr/sadm/bin/helpint [-W width] [-b base] [-h help]

       /usr/sadm/bin/valint [-b base] input

DESCRIPTION
       The  ckint  utility  prompts  a	user,  then validates the response. It
       defines, among other things, a prompt message whose response should  be
       an  integer,  text  for	help  and  error messages, and a default value
       (which will be returned if the user responds with a carriage return).

       All messages are limited in length to 70 characters and	are  formatted
       automatically.  Any  white space used in the definition (including new‐
       line) is stripped. The -W option cancels the automatic formatting. When
       a  tilde is placed at the beginning or end of a message definition, the
       default text will be inserted at that point, allowing both custom  text
       and the default text to be displayed.

       If  the	prompt, help or error message is not defined, the default mes‐
       sage (as defined under NOTES) will be displayed.

       Three visual tool modules are linked to the  ckint  command.  They  are
       errint  (which  formats	and displays an error message), helpint (which
       formats and displays a help message), and  valint  (which  validates  a
       response).  These  modules  should  be  used  in	 conjunction  with FML
       objects. In this instance, the FML object  defines  the	prompt.	  When
       base  is	 defined  in the errint and helpint modules, the messages will
       include the expected base of the input.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -b base	       Defines the base for input. Must be  2 to  36,  default
		       is  10.

       -d default      Defines	the  default  value as default. The default is
		       not validated and so does not have to meet  any	crite‐
		       ria.

       -e error	       Defines the error message as  error.

       -h help	       Defines the help messages as  help.

       -k pid	       Specifies that process ID pid is to be sent a signal if
		       the user chooses to abort.

       -p prompt       Defines the prompt message as prompt.

       -Q	       Specifies that quit will not  be	 allowed  as  a	 valid
		       response.

       -s signal       Specifies  that	the process ID pid defined with the -k
		       option is to be sent signal  signal when quit  is  cho‐
		       sen. If no signal is specified, SIGTERM is used.

       -W width	       Specifies  that prompt, help and error messages will be
		       formatted to a line length of width.

OPERANDS
       The following operand is supported:

       input	       Input to be verified against base criterion.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful execution.

       1	EOF on input, or negative width on -W option, or usage error.

       3	User termination (quit).

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       attributes(5)

NOTES
       The default base 10 prompt for ckint is:

       Enter an integer [?,q]:

       The default base 10 error message is:

       ERROR - Please enter an integer.

       The default base 10 help message is:

       Please enter an integer.

       The messages are changed from "integer" to "base base integer"  if  the
       base is set to a number other than 10.

       When  the quit option is chosen (and allowed), q is returned along with
       the return code 3. The valint module will not produce any  output.   It
       returns	0 for success and non-zero for failure.

SunOS 5.10			  14 Sep 1992			      ckint(1)
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