MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List XII
Commands STREAM thru XEQ
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:
S nnn 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:
TELL @.A PLEASE LOG OFF
Related Information
Commands TELLOP, WARN
Manuals Performing System Operation Tasks
TELLOP
Sends a message to the system console. (Native Mode)
Syntax
TELLOP[ text ]
Parameters
text Message text, preceded by a space and consisting of any string of ASCII
characters. Default is that no text is printed; however, MPE/iX still prints
the FROM as follows: