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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1996
Ikuo Takekawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention operates in a system in which a plurality of workstations are connected via communications lines. When a workstation outputs a message to another workstation, a message output unit identifier is set in an environment variable pertaining to a process which issues a message output request. The process obtains the message output unit identifier set according to the environment variable, and requests the message output workstation to output a message via communications lines. A requested workstation outputs the message on a predetermined unit. Thus, setting a message output unit for an environment variable easily specifies or modifies the message output unit by entering the command, etc. without modifying a program at all.