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31586fbee6SGleb Smirnoff.Dd February 24, 2012
329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt WALL 1
3362500372SRuslan Ermilov.Os
349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm wall
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd write a message to users
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
388fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm
396a20d55aSWarner Losh.Op Fl g Ar group
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar file
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
42e8937ba0SPhilippe CharnierThe
43e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnier.Nm
44e8937ba0SPhilippe Charnierutility displays the contents of
459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimescurrently logged in users.
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
499b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOnly the super-user can write on the
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimesterminals of users who have chosen
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimesto deny messages or are using a program which
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimesautomatically denies messages.
536a20d55aSWarner Losh.Bl -tag -width indent
546a20d55aSWarner Losh.It Fl g
556a3e8b0aSRuslan ErmilovSend messages to users in this group.
566a3e8b0aSRuslan ErmilovThis option may be specified
576a20d55aSWarner Loshmultiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will
586a20d55aSWarner Loshreceive the message.
596a20d55aSWarner Losh.El
609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr mesg 1 ,
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr talk 1 ,
639b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr write 1 ,
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr shutdown 8
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY
669b50d902SRodney W. GrimesA
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm
686fc8ba94SJuli Mallettcommand appeared in PWB UNIX.
693d1a0148STim J. Robbins.Sh BUGS
7070ad92abSTim J. RobbinsThe sender's
7170ad92abSTim J. Robbins.Ev LC_CTYPE
7270ad92abSTim J. Robbinssetting is used to determine which characters are safe to write to a
7370ad92abSTim J. Robbinsterminal, not the receiver's (which
7470ad92abSTim J. Robbins.Nm
7570ad92abSTim J. Robbinshas no way of knowing).
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