SMSG.HELPCMD.D1

SMSG                                                     CP Privilege Class: G
 
Use the SMSG command to send a special message to a virtual machine
proqrammed to accept and process the message. The format of the SMSG command
is:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SMsg     | userid msgtext                                                  |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
where:
 
userid
      is the receiving virtual machine's logon ID; if you specify aserid as "*",
      it indicates the message is to be sent to yourself.
 
msgtext
 
      is the text of the message that is to be transmitted.  Because
      the input baffers on various console devices differ, the
      length of the message is limited by the number of characters
      remaining on the input line after entering the command and the
      userid.  For example: A 3270 display device contains a 139 character
      input buffer. If you enter:
 
         smsg pd58gh1c          special  message
      ------------------       -------------------
      14 characters used       125  character left
 
      Note: Althouqh the 3270 display unit contains 139 characters
      in its input area, CP only reads 134 characters of data. When
      the SMSG command is issued using DIAGNOSE X'08', only 132
      characters are read by CP.