TELLOP

TELLOP

The TELLOP command enables you to send a message to the console. The message appears on the console along with y our job and session n umber and the time you transmitted the message.

Syntax

TELLOP 2 text 3

Parameters

 

text

Speci￿es message text, preceded b y a space, that consists of

 

any string of ASCII c haracters. If y ou omit this parameter, no

 

message text is sen t to the console; ho wever, the console still

 

receives FROM/sessionid .

Operation Notes

Usage

You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Pressing 4Break5 does not a￿ect this command.

Command processing

You can send a message to the console, ev en if a session is not curren tly active or if an active session is running in quiet mode. As with messages transmitted with the TELL command, a message sen t using the TELLOP command prints as soon as possible without in terrupting any console input or input currently in progress.

Example

To send a message informing the system operator that bac kups can begin, enter:

TELLOP CRITICAL PROCESSING DONE. OK TO START BACKUPS

MPE/iX Commands 2-305