NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Command Reference Manual

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MSG
NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands
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MSG The MSG command sends a message to one or more OCS operators or terminals. You
can control whether you receive messages from this command by using the PROFILE
command. If you do not want to receive messages, specify PROFILE MSG=NO or
PROFILE UNSOL=NO.
MSG { user-id | device-name | logical-name | ALL }
message-text
user-id
specifies the user ID of the user to whom to send the message.
You can specify an asterisk (*) as the last character of a user ID. In this context, the
asterisk is a wild card.
device-name
specifies the physical name of the terminal. This is the name by which the
operating system recognizes the terminal. You can specify a device name in the
following forms:
\*
\ sys *
\ sys .*
[ \ sys . ]*
[ \ sys . ]$*
[ \ sys . ]$ device *
[ \ sys . ]$ device .*
[ \ sys . ]$ device .#*
[ \ sys . ]$ device .# subdevice *
[ \ sys . ]$ device [ .# subdevice ]
You can specify an asterisk (*) as the last character of a device name. In this
context, the asterisk is a wild card.
Note NonStop NET/MASTER MS does not assume a default system name when attempting to find the device
name you specify.
logical-name
specifies the logical name of the terminal to which to send the message. This is the
name by which NonStop NET/MASTER MS recognizes the terminal. It
corresponds to a physical name.
A logical name must be from one through eight characters long and can include
any displayable characters. Alphabetic characters are not case-sensitive. A logical
name cannot begin with a backslash (\) or a dollar sign ($).