WELCOME

WELCOME

The WELCOME command enables the system administrator to de￿ne a greeting message for users when they initiate jobs and sessions.

Syntax

WELCOME 2 welcome￿le 3

Parameters

welcome￿le Speci￿es an ASCII ￿le that con tains the welcome message.

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 if a w elcome ￿le is used; otherwise, 4Break5 aborts the command and lea ves the welcome message unchanged. You can only enter this command from the console; ho wever, you can enter this command from y our terminal if y our system administrator has used the ALLOW command to enable y ou to enter the WELCOME command.

You do not have to reboot the system after en tering this command.

Creating and deleting messages

You can either create a message in teractively or specify a pre-existing message ￿le ( welcome￿le ) when you enter the command. Line lengths cannot exceed 72 characters, and the total n umber of lines cannot exceed 26.

To delete an existing message, y ou enter the command and press 4Return5 at the # prompt.

MPE/iX Commands 2-309