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1 | MESG(1) UNIX Reference Manual MESG(1) |
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| 3 | N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE | |
| 4 | m\bme\bes\bsg\bg - Display (do not display) messages from other users | |
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| 6 | S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS | |
| 7 | m\bme\bes\bsg\bg [n\bn | y\by] | |
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| 9 | D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN | |
| 10 | The m\bme\bes\bsg\bg utility allows a user to decide if other users may write mes- | |
| 11 | sages to his or her screen. Programs such as talk(1), write(1) and | |
| 12 | echo(1) are social and display a message on the target user's terminal. | |
| 13 | Sometimes this is inconvenient. | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | Options: | |
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| 17 | n\bn Disallow messages, providing peace, and informing the contacting | |
| 18 | party that `Your party is refusing messages'. | |
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| 20 | y\by Allow messages to be displayed. | |
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| 22 | If no arguments are given, m\bme\bes\bsg\bg displays the present message status. | |
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| 24 | The m\bme\bes\bsg\bg utility exits with one of the following values: | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | 0 messages are allowed | |
| 27 | 1 messages are not allowed | |
| 28 | -1 An error has occurred. | |
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| 31 | F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS | |
| 32 | /_\bd_\be_\bv/[_\bp_\bt]_\bt_\by[_\bp_\bq]? | |
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| 35 | S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO | |
| 36 | write(1), talk(1), echo(1), biff(1) | |
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| 38 | H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY | |
| 39 | A m\bme\bes\bsg\bg command appeared in Version 6 AT&T Unix. |