usr.bin/talk/talk.1

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9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)talk.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 6, 1993
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt TALK 1
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.2
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talk
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd talk to another user
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talk
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar ttyname
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Talk
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis a visual communication program which copies lines from your
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminal to that of another user.
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOptions available:
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width ttyname
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar person
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis just the person's login name.  If you wish to talk to a user on
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesanother host, then
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar person
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis of the form
c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql user@host
c6189102SAndrey A. Chernovor
c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql host!user
c6189102SAndrey A. Chernovor
c6189102SAndrey A. Chernov.Ql host:user .
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar ttyname
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf you wish to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar ttyname
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesargument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesname, where
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar ttyname
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis of the form
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ql ttyXX .
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWhen first called,
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talk
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimessends the message
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesMessage from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimestalk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimestalk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ed
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesof the message should reply by typing
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dl talk \ your_name@your_machine
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIt doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslong as his login-name is the same.  Once communication is established,
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin separate windows.  Typing control-L
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ql ^L
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswill cause the screen to
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbe reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbehave normally.  To exit, just type your interrupt character;
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm talk
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthen moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminal to its previous state.
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPermission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand.  At the outset talking is allowed.  Certain commands, in
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesparticular
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr nroff 1
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr pr 1 ,
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdisallow messages in order to
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesprevent messy output.
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh FILES
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width /var/run/utmp -compact
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /etc/hosts
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto find the recipient's machine
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Pa /var/run/utmp
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto find the recipient's tty
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mail 1 ,
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1 ,
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr who 1 ,
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr write 1
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh BUGS
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe version of
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr talk 1
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesreleased with
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuses a protocol that
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
9b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
9b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .