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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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