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Restrictions You must be the privileged user to use the All parameter.
Secure users may not send broadcasts.
Errors An error will be returned if the port broadcasted to is flow controlled or if the
server does not have broadcast enabled. The sender is notified if a message was
not received.
Parameters All
Sends the message to all ports.
Ports
Specifies a particular port as recipient of the message. Must be used with the
PortNum parameter.
PortNum
A particular SCS port.
username
A particular user as recipient of this message.
message
One word, or several words, in quotes. The message will be sent exactly as
typed if enclosed in quotes, or in uppercase if not. The message length is
limited only by the length of the command line.
Examples
Local>> BROADCAST PORT 7 “ready for lunch?”
Local>> BROADCAST fred “Meeting in 10 minutes.”
See Also Set/Define Server Broadcast, page 12-118; Rebooting, page 2-5
12.4.4 Cls
Clears the screen on your terminal device if the port is configured as Type ANSI.
CLS