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+function check_for_and_create_keyboard_file
+{
+# If the $KEYBOARD_FILE does not exist then
+# ask the user to load the "standard" keyboard
+# layout, which is done with the load_default_keyboard
+# function.
+
+if [ ! -s $KEYBOARD_FILE ]
+then
+     $ECHO "\n\nERROR: Missing Keyboard File"
+     $ECHO "\n\nWould You Like to Load the"
+     $ECHO "Default Keyboard Layout?"
+     $ECHO "\n\t(Y/N): \c"
+     typeset -u REPLY=FALSE
+     read REPLY
+     if [ $REPLY != Y ]
+     then
+          $ECHO "\n\nERROR: This shell script cannot operate"
+          $ECHO "without a keyboard data file located in"
+          $ECHO "\n==>  $KEYBOARD_FILE\n"
+          $ECHO "\nThis file expects one character per line."
+          $ECHO "\n\t...EXITING...\n"
+          exit 3
+     else
+          load_default_keyboard
+          $ECHO "\nPress ENTER when you are you ready to continue: \c"
+          read REPLY
+          clear
+     fi
+fi
+}
+