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                     18: .TH MESG 1 "July 9, 1988"
                     19: .AT 3
                     20: .SH NAME
                     21: mesg \- permit or deny messages
                     22: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     23: .B mesg
                     24: [
                     25: .B n
                     26: ] [
                     27: .B y
                     28: ]
                     29: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     30: \fIMesg\fP with argument \fBn\fP forbids messages via \fIwrite\fP
                     31: and \fItalk\fP by revoking non-user write permission on the user's
                     32: terminal.  \fIMesg\fP with argument \fBy\fP reinstates permission.
                     33: \fIMesg\fP without arguments reports the current state without
                     34: changing it.
                     35: .SH FILES
                     36: /dev/tty*
                     37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     38: write(1), talk(1)
                     39: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     40: Exit status is 0 if messages are receivable, 1 if not, -1 on error.

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