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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
3762500372SRuslan Ermilov.Os
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
8387faa07bSSheldon Hearnto the user you wish to talk to.
8487faa07bSSheldon HearnAt this point, the recipient
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimesof the message should reply by typing
869b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dl talk \ your_name@your_machine
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
899b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIt doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
909b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslong as his login-name is the same.  Once communication is established,
919b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthe two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
929b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin separate windows.  Typing control-L
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ql ^L
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswill cause the screen to
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbe reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
969b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbehave normally.  To exit, just type your interrupt character;
97a27bb57aSPhilippe Charnier.Nm
989b50d902SRodney W. Grimesthen moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
999b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminal to its previous state.
1009b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
1019b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPermission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
1029b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1
1039b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand.  At the outset talking is allowed.  Certain commands, in
1049b50d902SRodney W. Grimesparticular
1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr nroff 1
1069b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand
1079b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr pr 1 ,
1089b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdisallow messages in order to
1099b50d902SRodney W. Grimesprevent messy output.
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 ,
120fc414536SRuslan Ermilov.Xr wall 1 ,
1219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr who 1 ,
1229b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr write 1
1239b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh BUGS
1249b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe version of
1259b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr talk 1
1269b50d902SRodney W. Grimesreleased with
1279b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.3
1289b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuses a protocol that
1299b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with
1309b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .
1319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
1329b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
1339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
1349b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
1359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bx 4.2 .
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