NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Command Reference Manual

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MSG
NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands
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You can specify an asterisk (*) as the last character of a logical name. In this
context, the asterisk is a wild card.
ALL
sends the message to all OCS operators and all dependent processing
environments profiled to receive the message.
message-text
specifies the message to send. If the command is entered from a command input
line, the maximum length of message-text is determined by the length of the
command input line. If the command is entered from an NCL procedure, the
maximum length of message-text is 2018 characters long, less the length of the
user ID of the user entering the command. The message is truncated if the
maximum length is exceeded.
Considerations
The default authority level of this command is 0.
You can enter this command from any NCL procedure, including the INIT NCL
procedure, by using either the CMD core statement or the INTCMD verb.
If you want to frequently send messages to a particular user ID you should
consider assigning this command to a prefix function key by using the FK
command.
If a target user ID is logged on more than once, the message is sent to all logons.
If a target user ID is not logged on or logged on but not in OCS, an error message
is sent to the user issuing the command.
For related information, see the PROFILE MSG, PROFILE UNSOL, SHOW USERS,
SHOW TERM, and SHOW TERMDEF commands.
Examples
1. The following example sends a message to a user ID:
MSG USER01 WHAT TIME ARE YOU LEAVING TODAY?
2. The following example sends a message to a terminal:
MSG $ATPC.#TERM9 YOUR OTHER TERMINAL IS FAULTY.
3. The following example sends a message to all OCS operators and all dependent
processing environments profiled to receive the message:
MSG ALL SHUTDOWN AT 16:00 TODAY. REBOOT APPROX 18:00.