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='' the
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 runnin
: Thu 8/21/2008 6:17 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Tell vs. Msg ?
For one thing, MSG is a CP command while TELL is CMS. Because it is CMS, TELL
can use a NAMES file to determine the recipients.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
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Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:12 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Tell vs. Msg ?
Is there any difference between TELL and MSG ?
Is one preferred over the other?
thx
Is there any difference between TELL and MSG ?
Is one preferred over the other?
thx
Lionel B. Dyck, Consultant/Specialist
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