MESG

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 29, 1985
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NAME

mesg - permit or deny messages  

SYNOPSIS

mesg [ n ] [ y ]  

DESCRIPTION

Mesg with argument n forbids messages via write and talk(1) by revoking non-user write permission on the user's terminal. Mesg with argument y reinstates permission. All by itself, mesg reports the current state without changing it.  

FILES

/dev/tty*  

SEE ALSO

write(1), talk(1)  

DIAGNOSTICS

Exit status is 0 if messages are receivable, 1 if not, 2 on error.


 

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