7.0;netmain_note (network_maintenance_notes), revision 7.0, 83/09/01
NETMAIN_NOTE (NETWORK_MAINTENANCE_NOTES) -- Place a message in the network
error log
usage: netmain_note string [string ...]
FORMAT
NETMAIN_NOTE string [string ...]
NETMAIN_NOTE sends a text string to NETMAIN_SRVR, the network
maintenance server. The message is broadcast to all maintenance
servers.
Typical topics of maintenance notes include known or explainable
network failures, scheduled down-time, and node installations.
ARGUMENTS
string
(reguired) Specify message to be sent. You use any string
that is legal in a Shell command. (Note that the
Shell takes special action on some keywords like
'if', unless you place them in quotes.)
If there is more than one string, the note is built
by concatenating the arguments, separated by spaces.
EXAMPLES
NETMAIN_NOTE 'Scheduled down time at 5 pm.'
NETMAIN_NOTE Cable disconnected at //avarice.
RELATED TOPICS
Information is available about related programs. Type:
- HELP NETMAIN
for instructions in controlling NETMAIN_SRVR after it starts,
and in analyzing the data it collects
- HELP NETMAIN_SRVR
for details about gathering network error statistics