mposter and msend syntax

The following figure shows the syntax for the mposter command.

mposter syntax

mposter [-h|-?] [-z] [-q] [-v] [-c <ConfigFile>] {-p <Var=Value>} [-l <HomeLocation>] [-n <CellName> | -n <@Host[/Port[#Key]>]] [-i <Userid[/Password][@Host[/Port]>] ] [-v] [-x] [-w MSecAnswerWait][-d] [-e] [-k] [-j <BufDir>] [ - | { <SourceFile> } | -a <Class> [-m <Message>] [-r <Severity>] [-b <SlotSetValue>] | -u <ObjectID> [-b <SlotSetValue>]]

The following figure shows the syntax for the msend command. The syntax for msend is very similar to mposter except that mposter supports the -d option.

msend syntax

msend [-h|-?] [-z] [-q] [-v] [-c <ConfigFile>] {-p <Var Value>}[-l <HomeLocation>] [-n <CellName> | -n <Host[/Port[#Key]>] ] [-i <Userid_[/Password [@Host[/Port]>] ] [-v] [-x] [-w MSecAnswerWait][-d] [-e] [-k] [-j <BufDir>] [ - | { <SourceFile> } | -a <Class> [-m <Message>] [-r <Severity>] [-b <SlotSetValue>] | -u <ObjectID> [-b <SlotSetValue>]]

The following table lists the command-specific options for mposter and msend. For a list of common command options that apply to all CLI commands, see Event-management-common-command-options.

mposter and msend options

Option	Description
-	Input from standard input stream
-a Class	Sends an object of class Class
-b SlotSetValue	Adds SlotSetValue settings (format: "slot=value;...") For example,-b "msg='this is a test';mc_tool=computer;"
-d	(Used with mposter only) Sends as data instead of as event
-e	Specifies to use EIF instead of MCELL format
-j BufDir	Sets the directory to be used for persisting events that are buffered until they are sent
-k	Kills the mposter or msend server instance
-m Message	Sets event message to the specified Message text
-n CellName	Connects to cell CellName, as defined in directory or on specified host and port, with specified key Note Allows only one cell
-p Var=Value	Can be used to specify the directory path to the source file by using the following syntax: -p ServerDirectoryName=Server The default value is installationDirectory\pw\server\etc\mcell.dir.
-r Severity	Sets the event severity value to the Severity specified For example:-r WARNING or -r CRITICAL
-u objectID	Specifies to update or modify data or event object specified by objectID rather than creating a new object. Possible values for objectID are: The event_handle slot value for event objects The data_handle slot value for data objects The mc_ueid slot value for event objects preceded by the @ character The mc_udid slot value for data objects preceded by the @ character
-w MSecAnswerWait	Sets the length of time in milliseconds to wait for message answer; default is 30,000.
-x	Examines timings

Note

To send a special character as part of a text field by using msend or mposter, enclose the character within a set of single quotation marks (' ') framed by a set of double quotation marks(" "). The following code blocks show some examples for the same:

To send an escape sequence such as backslash as part of a text field, use the following command:
msend -n CellName -m "'a\b'"
To send a semicolon as part of a text field, use the following command:
msend -n CellName -m "'a;b'"

mposter and msend syntax

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