Multiple choice technology operating systems

Which command can send break message to user profile and NOT the workstation?

  1. QEZSNDMG

  2. SNDBRKMSG

  3. SNDPGMMSG

  4. SNDMSG
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Explanation

QEZSNDMG is an AS/400 command that sends a break message to a user profile (the user can see it regardless of which workstation they log in from). Other options like SNDBRKMSG are workstation-specific. The QEZ prefix typically indicates IBM-supplied commands.

AI explanation

On IBM i (AS/400), QEZSNDMG is used to send a break message directly to a user's message queue (tied to their user profile) rather than to a workstation device. This differs from SNDBRKMSG, whose TOMSGQ targets are typically workstation message queues (interrupting the active display), and from SNDPGMMSG/SNDMSG, which send informational or program messages to job logs or message queues without the break/interrupt behavior aimed specifically at a user profile.

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