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==Summary==
<dl>
<dt>Privileges
<dd>Any user (note that certain kinds of messages can be sent only to and from the operator)
<dt>Function
<dd>Sends messages to and from the operator and the user, and between two or more users
</dl>
==Syntax==
MSG {userid | usernumber | OPR} text


Where:
<table>
<tr>
<th>userid</th>
<td> is the name of a <var class="product">Model 204</var> user ID, specified as an alphanumeric string; if this is specified, all users who have logged in under that user ID are sent the message.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th>usernumber</th>
<td> is the number associated with a particular user.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th><var>OPR</var></th>
<td> represents the system operator.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th>text</th>
<td> is the message to be sent. For operator messages, the maximum length of the message is 99 characters. For other messages, the maximum length is 255 characters.</td>
</tr>

</table>
===Syntax notes===
Multiple lines of text are specified in the form:
line1/line2 .../

where the slash character (/) indicates a new line or a carriage return/line feed sequence.
A line is continued by specifying any nonblank character in the continuation column number specified by the INCCC parameter.
==Example==
MSG OPR WHAT TIME WILL THE SYSTEM COME DOWN?

The following command displays a blank line, followed by the specified text, followed by another blank line:
MSG BAKER /DONT FORGET, BACK UP ALL FILES TODAY/

==Usage notes==
The MSG command allows <var class="product">Model 204</var> users to carry on dialogs with each other or with the system operator.
Messages can be sent:
<ul>
<li>
From the operator to a user or to all current users of a login user ID
</li>

<li>
From a user to the operator
</li>

<li>
From one user to another user or to all current users of a login user ID 
</li>
</ul>
User IDs, which are specified by the system manager, can be all-numeric strings. User numbers, which are supplied by <var class="product">Model 204</var>, are always all-numeric. When an all-numeric string is specified, <var class="product">Model 204</var> first attempts to find a matching user ID. If no match is found, <var class="product">Model 204</var> then assumes that the string refers to a user number.
When a message is sent to a user, the text is displayed on the user's terminal the next time that the user is at command level outside a procedure. When a message is sent to the operator, the text is displayed immediately.
The message is preceded by a header line in one of the forms:
MESSAGE FROM OPR
MESSAGE FROM user number

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[[Category:Commands]]

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