19b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 29b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 39b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 49b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 59b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 69b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" are met: 79b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 89b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 99b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 109b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 119b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 129b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 139b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 149b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 159b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 169b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 189b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" without specific prior written permission. 199b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 209b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 229b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 239b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 249b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 259b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 269b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 279b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 289b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 299b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 309b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" @(#)talk.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 6, 1993 359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt TALK 1 369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.2 379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME 389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talk 399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd talk to another user 409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS 41a27bb57aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm 429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person 439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar ttyname 449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION 459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Talk 469b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis a visual communication program which copies lines from your 479b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminal to that of another user. 489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 499b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOptions available: 509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width ttyname 519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar person 529b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then 539b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person 549b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to a user on 559b50d902SRodney W. Grimesanother host, then 569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person 579b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis of the form 58c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql user@host 59c6189102SAndrey A. Chernovor 60c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql host!user 61c6189102SAndrey A. Chernovor 62c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql host:user . 639b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar ttyname 649b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf you wish to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the 659b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar ttyname 669b50d902SRodney W. Grimesargument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal 679b50d902SRodney W. Grimesname, where 689b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar ttyname 699b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis of the form 709b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ql ttyXX . 719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El 729b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 739b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWhen first called, 74a27bb57aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm 759b50d902SRodney W. Grimessends the message 769b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact 779b50d902SRodney W. GrimesMessage from TalkDaemon@his_machine... 789b50d902SRodney W. Grimestalk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine. 799b50d902SRodney W. Grimestalk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine 809b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ed 819b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 829b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient 839b50d902SRodney W. Grimesof the message should reply by typing 849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 859b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dl talk \ your_name@your_machine 869b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 879b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIt doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as 889b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslong as his login-name is the same. Once communication is established, 899b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing 909b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin separate windows. Typing control-L 919b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ql ^L 929b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswill cause the screen to 939b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbe reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will 949b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbehave normally. To exit, just type your interrupt character; 95a27bb57aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm 969b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthen moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the 979b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminal to its previous state. 989b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 999b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPermission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the 1009b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1 1019b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand. At the outset talking is allowed. Certain commands, in 1029b50d902SRodney W. Grimesparticular 1039b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr nroff 1 1049b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand 1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr pr 1 , 1069b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdisallow messages in order to 1079b50d902SRodney W. Grimesprevent messy output. 1089b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 1099b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh FILES 1109b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width /var/run/utmp -compact 1119b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /etc/hosts 1129b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto find the recipient's machine 1139b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/run/utmp 1149b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto find the recipient's tty 1159b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El 1169b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO 1179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mail 1 , 1189b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1 , 1199b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr who 1 , 1209b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr write 1 1219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh BUGS 1229b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe version of 1239b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr talk 1 1249b50d902SRodney W. Grimesreleased with 1259b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3 1269b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuses a protocol that 1279b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with 1289b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 . 1299b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY 1309b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe 1319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm 1329b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in 1339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 . 134