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.TH TALK 1 "27 June 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
talk \- talk to another user
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B talk
person [ ttyname ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Talk
is a visual communication program which
copies lines from your terminal to that of
another user.
.PP 
If you wish to talk to someone on you own machine, then
.I person
is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to
a user on another host, then
.I person
is of the form :
.sp
.in +2.0i
.I host!user
\ or
.br
.I host.user
\ or
.br
.I host:user
\ or
.br
.I user@host
.br
.in -2.0i
.sp
though
.I host@user 
is perhaps preferred.
.PP
If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once,
the
.I ttyname
argument may be used to indicate the
appropriate terminal name.
.PP
When first called,
it sends the message
.PP
     Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
     talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
     talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
.PP
to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient
of the message should reply by 
typing 
.PP
     talk \ your_name@your_machine
.PP
It doesn't matter from 
which machine the recipient replies, as long as his login-name is
the same.
Once communication is established, the two parties may type 
simultaneously, with their output appearing in separate windows. 
Typing control L will cause the screen to be reprinted, while your 
erase, kill, and word kill characters will work in talk as normal.
To exit,
just type your interrupt character;
.I talk
then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores 
the terminal.
.PP
Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
.I mesg
command.
At the outset talking is allowed.
Certain commands, in particular
.I nroff
and
.IR  pr (1)
disallow
messages in order to prevent messy output.
.PP
.SH FILES
/etc/hosts	to find the recipient's machine
.br
/etc/utmp	to find the recipient's tty
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mesg(1), who(1), mail(1), write(1)
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963c821f C	1	.TH TALK 1 "27 June 1983"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	talk \- talk to another user
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B talk
	7	person [ ttyname ]
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	.I Talk
	10	is a visual communication program which
	11	copies lines from your terminal to that of
	12	another user.
	13	.PP
	14	If you wish to talk to someone on you own machine, then
	15	.I person
	16	is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to
	17	a user on another host, then
	18	.I person
	19	is of the form :
	20	.sp
	21	.in +2.0i
	22	.I host!user
	23	\ or
	24	.br
	25	.I host.user
	26	\ or
	27	.br
	28	.I host:user
	29	\ or
	30	.br
	31	.I user@host
	32	.br
	33	.in -2.0i
	34	.sp
	35	though
	36	.I host@user
	37	is perhaps preferred.
	38	.PP
	39	If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once,
	40	the
	41	.I ttyname
	42	argument may be used to indicate the
	43	appropriate terminal name.
	44	.PP
	45	When first called,
	46	it sends the message
	47	.PP
	48	Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
	49	talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
	50	talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
	51	.PP
	52	to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient
	53	of the message should reply by
	54	typing
	55	.PP
	56	talk \ your_name@your_machine
	57	.PP
	58	It doesn't matter from
	59	which machine the recipient replies, as long as his login-name is
	60	the same.
	61	Once communication is established, the two parties may type
	62	simultaneously, with their output appearing in separate windows.
	63	Typing control L will cause the screen to be reprinted, while your
	64	erase, kill, and word kill characters will work in talk as normal.
65	To exit,
66	just type your interrupt character;
67	.I talk
68	then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores
69	the terminal.
70	.PP
71	Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
72	.I mesg
73	command.
74	At the outset talking is allowed.
75	Certain commands, in particular
76	.I nroff
77	and
78	.IR pr (1)
79	disallow
80	messages in order to prevent messy output.
81	.PP
82	.SH FILES
83	/etc/hosts to find the recipient's machine
84	.br
85	/etc/utmp to find the recipient's tty
86	.SH "SEE ALSO"
87	mesg(1), who(1), mail(1), write(1)