1 ANSWER Answers the phone when you receive a call. If the call comes when you are not currently in the Phone utility, a message is broadcast to your terminal. If you want to answer the call, enter the PHONE command at the DCL prompt and then enter ANSWER at the switch-hook (%) prompt. If you do not want to answer a call, you may reject the call by using the REJECT command. If you are currently using Phone, a message that someone is phoning you appears in Phone's standard message line, which is located under the command input line on your screen. Format ANSWER 2 Example %ANSWER The ANSWER command establishes a link with the caller.