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- TALK User Commands TALK
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- NNAAMMEE
- talk - talk to another user
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- ttaallkk person [ ttyname ]
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- _T_a_l_k is a visual communication program which copies lines
- from your terminal to that of another user.
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- If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then
- _p_e_r_s_o_n is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk
- to a user on another host, then _p_e_r_s_o_n is of the form
- _u_s_e_r@_h_o_s_t.
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- If you want to talk to a user who is logged in more than
- once, the _t_t_y_n_a_m_e argument may be used to indicate the
- appropriate terminal name, where _t_t_y_n_a_m_e is of the form
- ``ttyXX''.
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- When first called, _t_a_l_k sends the message
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- Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
- talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
- talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
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- to the user you wish to talk to. At this point, the reci-
- pient of the message should reply by typing
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- talk your_name@your_machine
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- It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies,
- as long as his login-name is the same. Once communication
- is established, the two parties may type simultaneously,
- with their output appearing in separate windows. Typing
- control L (^L) will cause the screen to be reprinted, while
- your erase, kill, and word kill characters will behave nor-
- mally. To exit, just type your interrupt character; _t_a_l_k
- then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and
- restores the terminal to its previous state.
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- Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
- _m_e_s_g command. At the outset talking is allowed. Certain
- commands, in particular _n_r_o_f_f and _p_r, disallow messages in
- order to prevent messy output.
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- FFIILLEESS
- /etc/hosts to find the recipient's machine
- /etc/utmp to find the recipient's tty
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- mail(1), mesg(1), who(1), write(1)
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- BBUUGGSS
- The version of _t_a_l_k(1) released with 4.3BSD uses a protocol
- that is incompatible with the protocol used in the version
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