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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)write.1     6.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/86
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH WRITE 1 "May 5, 1986"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: write \- write to another user
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B write
        !             9: user [ ttyname ]
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I Write
        !            12: copies lines from your terminal to that of
        !            13: another user.
        !            14: When first called,
        !            15: it sends the message
        !            16: .PP
        !            17:      Message from yourname@yoursystem on yourttyname at time...
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: The recipient of the message should write back at this point.
        !            20: Communication continues until an end of file is
        !            21: read from the terminal or an interrupt is sent.
        !            22: At that point
        !            23: .I write
        !            24: writes `EOT' on the other terminal and exits.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than once,
        !            27: the
        !            28: .I ttyname
        !            29: argument may be used to indicate the
        !            30: appropriate terminal name.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the
        !            33: .I mesg
        !            34: command.
        !            35: At the outset writing is allowed.
        !            36: Certain commands, in particular
        !            37: .I nroff
        !            38: and
        !            39: .IR  pr (1)
        !            40: disallow
        !            41: messages in order to prevent messy output.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: If the character `!' is found at the beginning of a line,
        !            44: .I write
        !            45: calls the shell
        !            46: to execute the rest of the
        !            47: line as a command.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: The following protocol is suggested for using
        !            50: .IR write :
        !            51: when you first write to another user, wait for him to
        !            52: write back before starting to send.
        !            53: Each party should end each message with a distinctive
        !            54: signal\(em\fB(o)\fR
        !            55: for `over' is conventional\(emthat the other may reply.
        !            56: .B (oo)
        !            57: for `over and out' is suggested when conversation
        !            58: is about to be terminated.
        !            59: .SH FILES
        !            60: /etc/utmp      to find user
        !            61: .br
        !            62: /bin/sh                to execute `!'
        !            63: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            64: mesg(1), who(1), mail(1)

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