pdmsg(1)

NAME

pdmsg — displays the text and description of an HPDPS message at the command line

SYNOPSIS

pdmsg [-d] [-t] message-number...

DESCRIPTION

The pdmsg utility displays the text and description of an HPDPS message at the command line. The pdmsg utility extracts the text and description from the appropriate message catalogs. If you do not specify the -d or -t option, pdmsg displays both the text and the message description.

Options

pdmsg uses the following options:

-d: Display only the description of a message, which consists of a message number, an explanation of the message, the system action, and the response.
-t: Display only the text of the message, which consists of a message number along with the actual words of the message itself.
message-number: The number of the HPDPS message you want displayed. Valid message numbers range from 5010-002 through 5010-1500 for HPDPS. However, not every number in these ranges has an associated message.

EXAMPLES

To View Text and Description for a HPDPS Message

To view text and description for the HPDPS message 5010-096, enter the command:

pdmsg 5010-096

The following information appears:

5010-096 The value %1$AV is not supported for attribute %2$AN.

5010-096

EXPLANATION: The server or printer does not support this value.

SYSTEM ACTION:  HPDPS could not process the request.

RESPONSE:  Enter the command again and specify a value that is
supported by the server and printer, or specify a printer that
supports (by association) the value.

To View Only the Text for a HPDPS Message

To view only the text for HPDPS message 5010-096, enter the command:

pdmsg -t 5010-096

The following message appears:

5010-096 The value %1$AV is not supported for attribute %2$AN.

To View Only the Description for a HPDPS Message

To view only the description for HPDPS message 5010-096, enter the command:

pdmsg -d 5010-096

The following messages appears:

EXPLANATION: The server or printer does not support this value.

SYSTEM ACTION:  HPDPS could not process the request.

RESPONSE:  Enter the command again and specify a value that is
supported by the server and printer, or specify a printer that
supports (by association) the value.

NOTE: %1$AVand %2$AN are two types of substitution variables that will be replaced by actual values at runtime.