MESG(1) - General Commands Manual # MESG(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # mesg - display (do not display) messages from other users SYNOPSIS # mesg [n | y] DESCRIPTION # The mesg utility is invoked by a user to control write access others have to the terminal device associated with the standard error output. Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as talk(1) and write(1) may display messages on the terminal. ...
NTALKD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # NTALKD(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # ntalkd - remote user communication server SYNOPSIS # ntalkd DESCRIPTION # ntalkd is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to initiate a conversation. It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation. In normal operation, a client, the caller, initiates a rendezvous by sending a CTL_MSG to the server of type LOOK_UP (see <protocols/talkd. ...
TALK(1) - General Commands Manual # TALK(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # talk - talk to another user SYNOPSIS # talk [-Hs] person [ttyname] DESCRIPTION # talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal to that of another user. The command arguments are as follows: -H Don’t escape characters with the high bit set. This may be useful for certain character sets, but could cause erratic behaviour on some terminals. ...
WALL(1) - General Commands Manual # WALL(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # wall - write a message to users SYNOPSIS # wall [-g group] [file] DESCRIPTION # wall displays the contents of file, or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users. Only the superuser can write on the terminals of users who have chosen to deny messages or are using a program which automatically denies messages. ...
WRITE(1) - General Commands Manual # WRITE(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # write - send a message to another user SYNOPSIS # write user [ttyname] DESCRIPTION # write allows you to communicate with other users, by copying lines from your terminal to theirs. When you run the write command, the user you are writing to gets a message of the form: Message from yourname@yourhost on yourtty at hh:mm . ...