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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 5 | .\" @(#)talk.1 5.1 (Berkeley) %G% | |
| 6 | .\" | |
| 7 | .TH TALK 1 "27 June 1983" | |
| 8 | .UC 5 | |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | talk \- talk to another user | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .B talk | |
| 13 | person [ ttyname ] | |
| 14 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 15 | .I Talk | |
| 16 | is a visual communication program which | |
| 17 | copies lines from your terminal to that of | |
| 18 | another user. | |
| 19 | .PP | |
| 20 | If you wish to talk to someone on you own machine, then | |
| 21 | .I person | |
| 22 | is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to | |
| 23 | a user on another host, then | |
| 24 | .I person | |
| 25 | is of the form : | |
| 26 | .sp | |
| 27 | .in +2.0i | |
| 28 | .I host!user | |
| 29 | \ or | |
| 30 | .br | |
| 31 | .I host.user | |
| 32 | \ or | |
| 33 | .br | |
| 34 | .I host:user | |
| 35 | \ or | |
| 36 | .br | |
| 37 | .I user@host | |
| 38 | .br | |
| 39 | .in -2.0i | |
| 40 | .sp | |
| 41 | though | |
| 42 | .I host@user | |
| 43 | is perhaps preferred. | |
| 44 | .PP | |
| 45 | If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, | |
| 46 | the | |
| 47 | .I ttyname | |
| 48 | argument may be used to indicate the | |
| 49 | appropriate terminal name. | |
| 50 | .PP | |
| 51 | When first called, | |
| 52 | it sends the message | |
| 53 | .PP | |
| 54 | Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine... | |
| 55 | talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine. | |
| 56 | talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine | |
| 57 | .PP | |
| 58 | to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient | |
| 59 | of the message should reply by | |
| 60 | typing | |
| 61 | .PP | |
| 62 | talk \ your_name@your_machine | |
| 63 | .PP | |
| 64 | It doesn't matter from | |
| 65 | which machine the recipient replies, as long as his login-name is | |
| 66 | the same. | |
| 67 | Once communication is established, the two parties may type | |
| 68 | simultaneously, with their output appearing in separate windows. | |
| 69 | Typing control L will cause the screen to be reprinted, while your | |
| 70 | erase, kill, and word kill characters will work in talk as normal. | |
| 71 | To exit, | |
| 72 | just type your interrupt character; | |
| 73 | .I talk | |
| 74 | then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores | |
| 75 | the terminal. | |
| 76 | .PP | |
| 77 | Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the | |
| 78 | .I mesg | |
| 79 | command. | |
| 80 | At the outset talking is allowed. | |
| 81 | Certain commands, in particular | |
| 82 | .I nroff | |
| 83 | and | |
| 84 | .IR pr (1) | |
| 85 | disallow | |
| 86 | messages in order to prevent messy output. | |
| 87 | .PP | |
| 88 | .SH FILES | |
| 89 | /etc/hosts to find the recipient's machine | |
| 90 | .br | |
| 91 | /etc/utmp to find the recipient's tty | |
| 92 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 93 | mesg(1), who(1), mail(1), write(1) |