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329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"     @(#)wall.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
33c3aac50fSPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$
349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 6, 1993
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt WALL 1
3762500372SRuslan Ermilov.Os
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm wall
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd write a message to users
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
428fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
436a20d55aSWarner Losh.Op Fl g Ar group
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar file
459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Wall
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdisplays the contents of
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimescurrently logged in users.
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
529b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOnly the super-user can write on the
539b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminals of users who have chosen
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto deny messages or are using a program which
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimesautomatically denies messages.
566a20d55aSWarner Losh.Bl -tag -width indent
576a20d55aSWarner Losh.It Fl g
586a20d55aSWarner LoshSend messages to users in this group.  This option may be specified
596a20d55aSWarner Loshmultiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will
606a20d55aSWarner Loshreceive the message.
616a20d55aSWarner Losh.El
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
639b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1 ,
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr talk 1 ,
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr write 1 ,
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr shutdown 8
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
689b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA
699b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand appeared in
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.At v7 .
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