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1.1       root        1: .TH MESG 1 "18 July 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: mesg \- permit or deny messages
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B mesg
                      6: [
                      7: .B n
                      8: ] [
                      9: .B y
                     10: ]
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Mesg
                     13: with argument
                     14: .B n
                     15: forbids messages via
                     16: .I  write
                     17: and
                     18: .IR talk (1)
                     19: by revoking non-user
                     20: write permission on the user's terminal.
                     21: .I Mesg
                     22: with argument
                     23: .B y
                     24: reinstates permission.
                     25: All by itself,
                     26: .I mesg
                     27: reports the current state without changing it.
                     28: .SH FILES
                     29: /dev/tty*
                     30: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     31: write(1), talk(1)
                     32: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     33: Exit status is 0 if messages are receivable,
                     34: 1 if not, 2 on error.

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