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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
85f3ada0 | 3 | .\" |
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4 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted |
5 | .\" provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are | |
6 | .\" duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, | |
7 | .\" advertising materials, and other materials related to such | |
8 | .\" distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed | |
9 | .\" by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the | |
10 | .\" University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived | |
11 | .\" from this software without specific prior written permission. | |
12 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR | |
13 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED | |
14 | .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | |
15 | .\" | |
16 | .\" @(#)talk.1 6.5 (Berkeley) %G% | |
85f3ada0 | 17 | .\" |
00856602 | 18 | .TH TALK 1 "" |
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19 | .UC 5 |
20 | .SH NAME | |
21 | talk \- talk to another user | |
22 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
23 | .B talk | |
24 | person [ ttyname ] | |
25 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
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26 | \fITalk\fP is a visual communication program which copies lines from your |
27 | terminal to that of another user. | |
85f3ada0 | 28 | .PP |
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29 | If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then \fIperson\fP |
30 | is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to a user on | |
31 | another host, then \fIperson\fP is of the form \fIuser@host\fP. | |
85f3ada0 | 32 | .PP |
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33 | If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the |
34 | \fIttyname\fP argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal | |
35 | name, where \fIttyname\fP is of the form ``ttyXX''. | |
85f3ada0 | 36 | .PP |
cf09c227 | 37 | When first called, \fItalk\fP sends the message |
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38 | .PP |
39 | Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine... | |
40 | talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine. | |
41 | talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine | |
42 | .PP | |
43 | to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient | |
cf09c227 | 44 | of the message should reply by typing |
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45 | .PP |
46 | talk \ your_name@your_machine | |
47 | .PP | |
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48 | It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as |
49 | long as his login-name is the same. Once communication is established, | |
50 | the two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing | |
51 | in separate windows. Typing control L (^L) will cause the screen to | |
52 | be reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will | |
53 | behave normally. To exit, just type your interrupt character; \fItalk\fP | |
54 | then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the | |
55 | terminal to its previous state. | |
85f3ada0 | 56 | .PP |
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57 | Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the \fImesg\fP |
58 | command. At the outset talking is allowed. Certain commands, in | |
59 | particular \fInroff\fP and \fIpr\fP, disallow messages in order to | |
60 | prevent messy output. | |
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61 | .PP |
62 | .SH FILES | |
63 | /etc/hosts to find the recipient's machine | |
64 | .br | |
cf09c227 | 65 | /etc/utmp to find the recipient's tty |
85f3ada0 | 66 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
cf09c227 | 67 | mail(1), mesg(1), who(1), write(1) |
416ed9d1 | 68 | .SH BUGS |
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69 | The version of \fItalk\fP(1) released with 4.3BSD uses a protocol that |
70 | is incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with 4.2BSD. |