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 33c3aac50fSPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$ 349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 6, 1993 369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt TALK 1 379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.2 389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME 399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talk 409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd talk to another user 419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS 42a27bb57aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm 439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person 449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar ttyname 459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION 469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Talk 479b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis a visual communication program which copies lines from your 489b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminal to that of another user. 499b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 509b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOptions available: 519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width ttyname 529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar person 539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then 549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person 559b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to a user on 569b50d902SRodney W. Grimesanother host, then 579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person 589b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis of the form 59c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql user@host 60c6189102SAndrey A. Chernovor 61c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql host!user 62c6189102SAndrey A. Chernovor 63c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql host:user . 649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar ttyname 659b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf you wish to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the 669b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar ttyname 679b50d902SRodney W. Grimesargument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal 689b50d902SRodney W. Grimesname, where 699b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar ttyname 709b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis of the form 719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ql ttyXX . 729b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El 739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 749b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWhen first called, 75a27bb57aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm 769b50d902SRodney W. Grimessends the message 779b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact 789b50d902SRodney W. GrimesMessage from TalkDaemon@his_machine... 799b50d902SRodney W. Grimestalk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine. 809b50d902SRodney W. Grimestalk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine 819b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ed 829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 839b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient 849b50d902SRodney W. Grimesof the message should reply by typing 859b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 869b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dl talk \ your_name@your_machine 879b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 889b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIt doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as 899b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslong as his login-name is the same. Once communication is established, 909b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing 919b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin separate windows. Typing control-L 929b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ql ^L 939b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswill cause the screen to 949b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbe reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will 959b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbehave normally. To exit, just type your interrupt character; 96a27bb57aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm 979b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthen moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the 989b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminal to its previous state. 999b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 1009b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPermission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the 1019b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1 1029b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand. At the outset talking is allowed. Certain commands, in 1039b50d902SRodney W. Grimesparticular 1049b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr nroff 1 1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand 1069b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr pr 1 , 1079b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdisallow messages in order to 1089b50d902SRodney W. Grimesprevent messy output. 1099b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 1109b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh FILES 1119b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width /var/run/utmp -compact 1129b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /etc/hosts 1139b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto find the recipient's machine 1149b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/run/utmp 1159b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto find the recipient's tty 1169b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El 1179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO 1189b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mail 1 , 1199b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1 , 1209b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr who 1 , 1219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr write 1 1229b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh BUGS 1239b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe version of 1249b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr talk 1 1259b50d902SRodney W. Grimesreleased with 1269b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3 1279b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuses a protocol that 1289b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with 1299b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 . 1309b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY 1319b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe 1329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm 1339b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in 1349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 . 135