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Write Messages Using cawto

You can use the cawto utility to write messages to the local Event Management console or to a remote machine. You can also assign different attributes to the messages to make them more meaningful. The basic syntax of the command is as follows:

cawto [-attribute value] <message>

-a

Designates one of (DEFAULT, BLINK, REVERSE)

-c

Designates the color (DEFAULT(White), Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Purple).

-g

Designates the category (user defined).

-k

Indicates to put the message in the held message area.

-n

Designates the node name of the machine. If omitted, it defaults to the local machine.

-s

Identifies the user defined source to the message. This is useful for message matching.

For example, to call cawto to the local machine, specify:

cawto This is my message

To call cawto to a remote machine, specify:

cawto -n node This is my message

The maximum message length has been increased to 2048 bytes.