FS_MESSAGES(1)

💬 FS_MESSAGES — bestie, it's the man page for fs_messages 💬

okay so this is FS_MESSAGES(1), and it lives in the AFS Command Reference section of your manual — the whole page is literally just "does the Cache Manager text me or not", and honestly? relatable. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

fs_messages — sets whether the Cache Manager writes log messages 🎀

(yes that's the whole thing. it's a simple girl. it does one job and it does it slay.)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fs messages [-show (user|console|all|none)] [-help]

fs me [-s (user|console|all|none)] [-h]

ok so you can type it all the way out as fs messages, or you can be a low-effort icon and hit fs me — same energy, shorter name. the flags have short forms too, iykyk 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The fs messages command is the vibe check for whether the Cache Manager shows you status and warning messages. it's giving "do you want the notifs or not", and you have four choices: on user screens, on the client machine console, on both, or on neither 😭

There are two types of Cache Manager messages — two whole flavors, one girl:

• User messages — these are the user-level status and warning info, and the Cache Manager directs them to user screens. it's the "hey bestie, here's what's up" kind 💖
• Console messages — these are the system-level status and warning info, and the Cache Manager directs them to the client machine's designated console. it's the "the machine is speaking" kind 👑

⚠️ Disabling messaging completely is NOT recommended — like fr fr, the messages provide useful status and warning information. turning them all the way off is the equivalent of putting your phone on DND and then missing everything. don't do it bestie 🙈

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -show (user|console|all|none) — specifies the types of messages to display. pick one of these values, no mix and match:
  • user — send user messages to user screens 🎀
  • console — send console messages to the console 🖥️
  • all — send user messages to user screens and console messages to the console. this is the default if the -show argument is omitted, so if you just run it with no flag, this is what you get. it's the main character option ✨
  • none — do not send any messages to user screens or the console 💀
• -help — prints the online help for this command. and listen: all other valid options are ignored when you use it. it's the "no thoughts, just help" flag 🫶

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

this command tells the Cache Manager to display both types of messages:

% fs messages -show all

and that's it, that's the whole example. iconic, no notes 👑

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👑 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 👑

The issuer must be logged in as the local superuser root. so like, this is a root-only situation. know your power, use it responsibly bestie 💜

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• afsd(8) — go read that one too, it's part of the lore ⭐

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. (giving major credit-where-credit-is-due energy, we love to see it 💖)

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and that's a wrap on the whole page! 🧚 this was brought to you by OpenAFS, dated 2026-07-27, and yeah — that's your FS_MESSAGES(1). go forth and configure your notifications, bestie, but maybe don't turn them all the way off 💅✨