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Parameters

Command Qualifiers

/REPLY

/TO

HELP REQUEST — VMS 5.0

  Displays a message at a system operator's terminal,  and  optionally
  requests  a reply. All messages are logged at the operator's console
  and in the operator's log file, if that file is initialized.

  Format:


    REQUEST  "message-text"

Additional information available:

ParametersCommand Qualifiers

Parameters

 "message-text"

  The text of the message to be  displayed.

  The string can be up to 128  characters.   If  the  string  contains
  spaces, special characters, or lowercase characters, enclose  it  in
  quotation marks ("").

Command Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/REPLY/TO

/REPLY

 /REPLY

 Requests a reply to  the  specified  message,  and  issues  a  unique
  identification number to which the operator sends the response.

/TO

 /TO=(operator[,...])

 Specifies one or more operators to whom you wish to send the message.
  By   default,  the  message  is  sent  to  all  terminals  currently
  designated as operator terminals.  However, you can specify  one  or
  more  of the keywords to limit the number of operators receiving the
  message.  If  you  specify  only  one  keyword,  you  can  omit  the
  parentheses.

  CARDS                    Sends the message to  operators  designated
                           to respond to card reader requests.

  CENTRAL                  Sends the message  to  the  central  system
                           operator.

  CLUSTER                  Sends the message to  operators  designated
                           to respond to cluster-related requests.

  DEVICES                  Sends the message to  operators  designated
                           to   mount   and  dismount  disk  and  tape
                           volumes.

  DISKS                    Sends the message to  operators  designated
                           to mount and dismount disk volumes.

  NETWORK                  Sends the message to the network operator.

  OPER1 through OPER12     Sends the message to installation-specified
                           operators  identified  as OPER1, OPER2, and
                           so on.

  PRINTER                  Sends the message to  operators  designated
                           to respond to printer requests.

  SECURITY                 Sends the message to  operators  designated
                           to respond to security-related requests.

  TAPES                    Sends the message to  operators  designated
                           to mount and dismount tape volumes.

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