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                     20: .TH TALK 1 "%Q"
                     21: .UC 5
                     22: .SH NAME
                     23: talk \- talk to another user
                     24: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     25: .B talk
                     26: person [ ttyname ]
                     27: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     28: \fITalk\fP is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
                     29: terminal to that of another user.
                     30: .PP 
                     31: If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then \fIperson\fP
                     32: is just the person's login name.  If you wish to talk to a user on
                     33: another host, then \fIperson\fP is of the form \fIuser@host\fP.
                     34: .PP
                     35: If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the
                     36: \fIttyname\fP argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal
                     37: name, where \fIttyname\fP is of the form ``ttyXX''.
                     38: .PP
                     39: When first called, \fItalk\fP sends the message
                     40: .PP
                     41:      Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
                     42:      talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
                     43:      talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
                     44: .PP
                     45: to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient
                     46: of the message should reply by typing
                     47: .PP
                     48:      talk \ your_name@your_machine
                     49: .PP
                     50: It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
                     51: long as his login-name is the same.  Once communication is established,
                     52: the two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
                     53: in separate windows.  Typing control L (^L) will cause the screen to
                     54: be reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
                     55: behave normally.  To exit, just type your interrupt character; \fItalk\fP
                     56: then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
                     57: terminal to its previous state.
                     58: .PP
                     59: Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the \fImesg\fP
                     60: command.  At the outset talking is allowed.  Certain commands, in
                     61: particular \fInroff\fP and \fIpr\fP, disallow messages in order to
                     62: prevent messy output.
                     63: .PP
                     64: .SH FILES
                     65: /etc/hosts     to find the recipient's machine
                     66: .br
                     67: /var/run/utmp          to find the recipient's tty
                     68: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     69: mail(1), mesg(1), who(1), write(1)
                     70: .SH BUGS
                     71: The version of \fItalk\fP(1) released with 4.3BSD uses a protocol that
                     72: is incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with 4.2BSD.

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