Sending CP special messages

6.10 z/VM guest

Issue a CP SMSG command from a CP or CMS session or from Linux® to send a CP special message.

Procedure

To send a CP special message to LXGUEST1 from Linux, enter a command of the following form:

# vmcp SMSG LXGUEST1 APP "<message text>"

To send a CP special message to LXGUEST1, enter the following command from a CP or CMS session:

#CP SMSG LXGUEST1 APP <message text>

The special messages cause uevents to be generated.