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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)talk.1      6.4 (Berkeley) 11/24/87
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH TALK 1 "November 24, 1987"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: talk \- talk to another user
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B talk
        !            13: person [ ttyname ]
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: \fITalk\fP is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
        !            16: terminal to that of another user.
        !            17: .PP 
        !            18: If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then \fIperson\fP
        !            19: is just the person's login name.  If you wish to talk to a user on
        !            20: another host, then \fIperson\fP is of the form \fIuser@host\fP.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the
        !            23: \fIttyname\fP argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal
        !            24: name, where \fIttyname\fP is of the form ``ttyXX''.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: When first called, \fItalk\fP sends the message
        !            27: .PP
        !            28:      Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
        !            29:      talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
        !            30:      talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the recipient
        !            33: of the message should reply by typing
        !            34: .PP
        !            35:      talk \ your_name@your_machine
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
        !            38: long as his login-name is the same.  Once communication is established,
        !            39: the two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
        !            40: in separate windows.  Typing control L (^L) will cause the screen to
        !            41: be reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
        !            42: behave normally.  To exit, just type your interrupt character; \fItalk\fP
        !            43: then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
        !            44: terminal to its previous state.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the \fImesg\fP
        !            47: command.  At the outset talking is allowed.  Certain commands, in
        !            48: particular \fInroff\fP and \fIpr\fP, disallow messages in order to
        !            49: prevent messy output.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: .SH FILES
        !            52: /etc/hosts     to find the recipient's machine
        !            53: .br
        !            54: /etc/utmp              to find the recipient's tty
        !            55: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            56: mail(1), mesg(1), who(1), write(1)
        !            57: .SH BUGS
        !            58: The version of \fItalk\fP(1) released with 4.3BSD uses a protocol that
        !            59: is incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with 4.2BSD.

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