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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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