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1 | MESG(1) BSD 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 | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS | |
| 7 | m\bme\bes\bsg\bg [n\bn | y\by] | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN | |
| 10 | The m\bme\bes\bsg\bg utility is invoked by a users to control write access others | |
| 11 | have to the terminal device associated with the standard error output. | |
| 12 | Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as talk(1) and | |
| 13 | write(1) may display messages on the terminal. | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | Options available: | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | n\bn Disallows messages. | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | y\by Permits messages to be displayed. | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | If no arguments are given, m\bme\bes\bsg\bg displays the present message status to | |
| 22 | the standard error output. | |
| 23 | ||
| 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 | An error has occurred. | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS | |
| 31 | /dev/[pt]ty[pq]? | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO | |
| 34 | biff(1), talk(1), write(1) | |
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| 36 | H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY | |
| 37 | A m\bme\bes\bsg\bg command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. | |
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| 39 | 4.4BSD June 6, 1993 1 |