prompter Command

Purpose

Starts a prompting editor.

Syntax

prompter [  -erase Character ] [ -kill Character ] [  -prepend | -noprepend ] [  -rapid | -norapid ] File

Description

Part of the Message Handler (MH) package, the prompter command starts the prompting editor for message entry. The prompter command is not started by the user. The prompter command is called by other programs only.

The prompter command opens the file that is specified by the File parameter, scans it for empty components such as the To: component, and prompts you to complete the blank fields. If you press the Entered key without completing a required field, the prompter command deletes the component.

The prompter command accepts text for the body of the message after the first blank line or line of dashes in the file. If the body already contains text and the -noprepend flag is specified, the prompter command displays the text followed by the message:

--------Enter additional text

The prompter command appends any new text that is entered after the existing message. If you specify the -prepend flag, the prompter command displays the following message:

--------Enter initial text

Any new text precedes the body of the original message. When you press the Ctrl-D key sequence for End of File, the prompter command ends text entry and returns control to the calling program.

Flags

Table 1. Flags
Item	Description
-erase `Character`	Sets the character to be used as the erase character. The value of the `Character` variable can be the octal representation of the character in the form `\NNN` where `\NNN` is a number or the character itself. For example, the character `\e` is `\145` in octal representation.
-help	Lists the command syntax, available switches (toggles), and version information. Note: For MH, the name of this flag must be fully spelled out .
-kill `Character`	Sets the character to be used as the kill, or stop, character. The value of the `Character` variable can be the octal representation of the character in the form `\NNN` where `\NNN` is a number or the character itself. For example, the character `\e` is `\145` in octal representation.
-noprepend	Appends extra text after text already in the message body.
-norapid	Displays text already in the message body. This is the default.
-prepend	Appends extra text before text already in the message body. This is the default.
-rapid	Does not display text already in the message body.

Profile Entries

Table 2. Profile Entries
Item	Description
`Msg-Protect:`	Sets the protection level for your new message files.
`prompter-next:`	Specifies the editor who is used after exiting the prompter command.

Security

Attention RBAC user: Attention RBAC users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations that are associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.

Files

Table 3. Files
Item	Description
$HOME/ html