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1.1     ! root        1: .th WRITE I 8/5/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: write  \*-  write to another user
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd write
        !             6: user [ ttyno ]
        !             7: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .it Write
        !             9: copies lines from your typewriter to that of
        !            10: another user.
        !            11: When first called,
        !            12: it sends the message
        !            13: .s3
        !            14:      message from yourname...
        !            15: .s3
        !            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 typewriter or an interrupt is sent.
        !            19: At that point
        !            20: .it write
        !            21: writes `EOT' on the other terminal and exits.
        !            22: .s3
        !            23: If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than once,
        !            24: the
        !            25: .it ttyno
        !            26: argument may be used to indicate the last character
        !            27: of the appropriate typewriter name.
        !            28: .s3
        !            29: Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the
        !            30: .it mesg
        !            31: command.
        !            32: At the outset writing is allowed.
        !            33: Certain commands, in particular
        !            34: .it roff
        !            35: and
        !            36: .it pr,
        !            37: disallow
        !            38: messages in order to prevent messy output.
        !            39: .s3
        !            40: If the character `!' is found at the beginning of a line,
        !            41: .it write
        !            42: calls the mini-shell
        !            43: .it msh
        !            44: to execute the rest of the
        !            45: line as a command.
        !            46: .s3
        !            47: The following protocol is suggested for using
        !            48: .it write:
        !            49: when you first write to another user, wait for him to
        !            50: write back before starting to send.
        !            51: Each party should end each message with a distinctive
        !            52: signal
        !            53: (
        !            54: .bd (o)
        !            55: for `over' is conventional) that the other may reply.
        !            56: .bd (oo)
        !            57: (for `over and out') is suggested when conversation
        !            58: is about to be terminated.
        !            59: .sh FILES
        !            60: /tmp/utmp      to find user
        !            61: .br
        !            62: /etc/msh       to execute `!'
        !            63: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            64: mesg(I), who(I)
        !            65: .sh BUGS

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