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Sends a message to another session. Syntax | |
TELL {[#] Snnn [sessionname,] username.acctname @ @.acctname @S } [[;]
text ] Parameters | |
- [#]Snnn
The session number as assigned by MPE/iX. This session
number receives the TELL
message. - [sessionname]
username. acctname
The name of the session or user to receive the message,
and the account name to which the message is directed. This parameter
is the same as the session identity entered with the HELLO
command. Issuing a SHOWJOB
command lists all the username.acctnames to
which you may direct a TELL
message. Sessions with an active SETMSG OFF
command are listed as being in QUIET mode and do not receive your
TELL message.
This is also true for a session on the system console. If several
users are running under the same session identity, MPE/iX sends
the message to all of them. - @
All sessions. - @.acctname
All sessions under the account name established
by the system manager. - @S
All sessions. This is the same as the @
parameter. - text
Message text, preceded by a space or a semicolon
(;) and consisting
of any string of ASCII characters. The default is that no text is
printed; however, MPE/iX still prints the FROM
message as follows:
Operation Notes | |
This command transmits a message from the sender's job or
session to one or more sessions currently running. The message appears
on the receiving session list device. Messages sent with this command
may include escape and control characters that invoke bells or inverse
video. If a message is sent to a terminal that is currently interacting
with a program, MPE/iX queues the message as high as possible among
the current input/output requests but does not interrupt any read
or write in progress. If the session or user designated to receive
the message is not running, or if the job is spooled, the transmitting
job/session receives a system message indicating this. MPE/iX blocks
the TELL command
if the receiving device is operating in the QUIET mode (refer to
the SETMSG command)
and informs the sender with: Snnn username.acctname NOT ACCEPTING MESSAGES |
You
cannot send TELL
messages to a job or to yourself. If you try to send a message to
a job, the following warning is issued: TARGET MUST BE INTERACTIVE, NO MESSAGE SENT.
(CIWARN 1627). |
Use | |
This command may be issued from a session, job, program, or
in BREAK. Pressing Break has
no effect on this command. Examples | |
To send a message to a user identified as BROWN,
logged on under account A,
running a session named BROWNSES
telling him to use a particular file, enter: TELL BROWNSES,BROWN.A USE FILEX |
To
send a message asking all users logged on in account A
to log off, enter: Related Information | |
- Commands
TELLOP,
WARN - Manuals
Performing System Operation Tasks
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