.\" @(#)write.1 6.2 (Berkeley) %G%
write \- write to another user
copies lines from your terminal to that of
Message from yourname@yoursystem on yourttyname at time...
The recipient of the message should write back at this point.
Communication continues until an end of file is
read from the terminal or an interrupt is sent.
writes `EOT' on the other terminal and exits.
If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than once,
argument may be used to indicate the
appropriate terminal name.
Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the
At the outset writing is allowed.
Certain commands, in particular
messages in order to prevent messy output.
If the character `!' is found at the beginning of a line,
to execute the rest of the
The following protocol is suggested for using
when you first write to another user, wait for him to
write back before starting to send.
Each party should end each message with a distinctive
for `over' is conventional\(emthat the other may reply.
for `over and out' is suggested when conversation
is about to be terminated.