CP MSG is faster... TELL is an EXEC, and it always performs a lookup in "userid NAMES" In EXECs where I know where the message needs to go (to a single person), I never use TELL: address command 'IDENTIFY (LIFO parse pull myself . here . rscs . .... if targetnode=here | targetnode='' then 'CP MSG' targetuser 'This is a mixed case msg' else 'CP SMSG' rscs targetNode targetUser 'This is a mixed case msg' Not too long to code, and I'm sure the message goes to "targetuser" even if that name would be an entry in "userid NAMES"
2008/8/22 Fran Hensler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > CP MSG always delivers the message in upper case. > An exception is using a pipe in an EXEC > PIPE CP MSG user 'Hello World!' > > Tell is a CMS EXEC that uses CP MSG under the covers. It always > delivers the message in the case in which it was invoked. > > So you can use CP MSG in machines that aren't running CMS like RSCS, > GCS, VSE and I suppose z/OS. > > /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 45 years > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 > "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:11:36 -0700 Lionel B. Dyck said: > >Is there any difference between TELL and MSG ? > > > >Is one preferred over the other? > > -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
