MVSCMDMSG(1)

NAME

mvscmdmsg - Print a ZOAU message or man page to stderr.

SYNOPSIS

mvscmdmsg [-dhv] <COMMAND> <MSG_NUMBER> <MSG_TYPE> [SUBSTITUTION_STRING]*

-d
  Print out debug messages.

-h
  Display syntax help.

-v
  Print out verbose command information.

DESCRIPTION

For a given ZOAU command, retrieve <MSG_NUMBER> with a corresponding <MSG_TYPE> (one of I,W,S,E) from the docs directory for the given national language, perform substitution for the parameters specified, then write the message to stderr.

Message number 0 is recognized as a syntax request and the file command.1 is read from the docs directory. All other message numbers are recognized as error messages and the message is retrieved from the file command-msg.1

EXAMPLES

The following prints out info msg 2 for the mvscmd command:

mvscmdmsg mvscmd 2 I

The following prints out error message 37 for the mycmd command, searching for the messages in the directory /alternate/directory:

mvscmdmsg -M=/alternate/directory mycmd 37 E

EXIT VALUES

0
    mvscmdmsg completed without error.

non-zero
    mvscmdmsg failed. See error messages for details.