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1.1       root        1: .TH WRITE 1  "18 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: write \- write to another user
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B write
                      6: user [ ttyname ]
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I Write
                      9: copies lines from your terminal to that of
                     10: another user.
                     11: When first called,
                     12: it sends the message
                     13: .PP
                     14:      Message from yoursystem!yourname yourttyname...
                     15: .PP
                     16: The recipient of the message should write back at this point.
                     17: Communication continues until an end of file is
                     18: read from the terminal or an interrupt is sent.
                     19: At that point
                     20: .I write
                     21: writes `EOT' on the other terminal and exits.
                     22: .PP
                     23: If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than once,
                     24: the
                     25: .I ttyname
                     26: argument may be used to indicate the
                     27: appropriate terminal name.
                     28: .PP
                     29: Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the
                     30: .I mesg
                     31: command.
                     32: At the outset writing is allowed.
                     33: Certain commands, in particular
                     34: .I nroff
                     35: and
                     36: .IR  pr (1)
                     37: disallow
                     38: messages in order to prevent messy output.
                     39: .PP
                     40: If the character `!' is found at the beginning of a line,
                     41: .I write
                     42: calls the shell
                     43: to execute the rest of the
                     44: line as a command.
                     45: .PP
                     46: The following protocol is suggested for using
                     47: .IR write :
                     48: when you first write to another user, wait for him to
                     49: write back before starting to send.
                     50: Each party should end each message with a distinctive
                     51: signal\(em\fB(o)\fR
                     52: for `over' is conventional\(emthat the other may reply.
                     53: .B (oo)
                     54: for `over and out' is suggested when conversation
                     55: is about to be terminated.
                     56: .SH FILES
                     57: /etc/utmp      to find user
                     58: .br
                     59: /bin/sh                to execute `!'
                     60: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     61: mesg(1), who(1), mail(1)

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