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- ' $Header: /sprite/src/cmds/wall/RCS/wall.man,v 1.4 89/11/27 14:27:02 douglis Exp $
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS WALL cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- wall \- write to all users
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBwall\fP [ \fB\-v\fP ] [ \fB-l\fP ] [ \fB-r\fP ]
- .IP "\fB\-v\fR" 15
- Verbose: inform the user whether or not each machine
- successfully received the message.
- .IP "\fB\-l\fR" 15
- Local: Only inform users on the local host.
- .IP "\fB\-r\fR" 15
- No rlogins: Only write to /dev/syslog on each machine, not rlogins.
- .BE
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .LP
- \fIWall\fP reads its standard input until an end-of-file.
- It then sends this message, preceded by `Broadcast Message ...',
- to the syslog window and all rlogins on each machine. If the \fB-l\fR
- option is specified, only users on the local host are notified.
- If the \fB-r\fR option is specified, only syslog windows are written to.
- The
- \fB\-v\fR option will inform
- the user whether or not each machine successfully received the
- message.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- write, message, syslog
-