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34ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Dd December 11, 1993
35ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Dt TALKD 8
36ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.3
37ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
38ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talkd
39ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Nd remote user communication server
40ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
41ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talkd
42ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
43ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Talkd
44ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesis the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to
45ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesinitiate a conversation.
46ea022d16SRodney W. GrimesIt acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests
47ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesby clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation.
48ea022d16SRodney W. GrimesIn normal operation, a client, the caller,
49ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesinitiates a rendezvous by sending a
50ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Tn CTL_MSG
51ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesto the server of
52ea022d16SRodney W. Grimestype
53ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Tn LOOK_UP
54ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes(see
55ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Aq Pa protocols/talkd.h ) .
56ea022d16SRodney W. GrimesThis causes the server to search its invitation
57ea022d16SRodney W. Grimestables to check if an invitation currently exists for the caller
58ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes(to speak to the callee specified in the message).
59ea022d16SRodney W. GrimesIf the lookup fails,
60ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesthe caller then sends an
61ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Tn ANNOUNCE
62ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesmessage causing the server to
63ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesbroadcast an announcement on the callee's login ports requesting contact.
64ea022d16SRodney W. GrimesWhen the callee responds, the local server uses the
65ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesrecorded invitation to respond with the appropriate rendezvous
66ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesaddress and the caller and callee client programs establish a
67ea022d16SRodney W. Grimesstream connection through which the conversation takes place.
68ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
69ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Xr talk 1 ,
70ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Xr write 1
71ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
72ea022d16SRodney W. GrimesThe
73ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
74ea022d16SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
75ea022d16SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3 .
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