MESSAGE - UWTO configuration option

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Feb 06, 2023

Description

The MESSAGE option specifies the text to write to the z/OS operator console.

The text is written as a WTO or WTOR message, as specified by the REPLY option.

Note

Even though Universal WTO executes in the z/OS Unix System Services environment, not all USS supported characters are supported in the console character set. Refer to IBM MCS Console documentation for character set support. Unsupported characters are translated to blanks when written to the console.

Usage

Method

Syntax

IBM i

HP NonStop

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

-m message





(tick)

Command Line, Long Form

-msg message





(tick)

Environment Variable

UWTOMSG=message





(tick)

Values

message is the text message to write to the z/OS operator console.

The maximum length of message depends on the type of message specified by REPLY:

  • WTO: 770 characters
  • WTOR: 121 characters

Note

A WTO message that exceeds 125 characters is written as a multi-line WTO.