WRITE(C)                 XENIX System V                  WRITE(C)



     Name
          write - Writes to another user.

     Syntax
          write user [ tty ]

     Description
          write copies lines from your terminal to that of another
          user.  When first called, it sends the message:

               Message from your-logname your-tty ...

          The recipient of the message should write back at this
          point.  Communication continues until an end-of-file is read
          from the terminal or an interrupt is sent.  At that point,
          write displays:

               (end of message)

          on the other terminal and exits.

          If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than
          once, the tty argument may be used to indicate the
          appropriate terminal.

          Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the
          mesg(C) command.  At the outset, writing is allowed.
          Certain commands, in particular nroff(CT) and pr(C),
          disallow messages in order to prevent messy output.

          If the character ! is found at the beginning of a line,
          write calls the shell to execute the rest of the line as a
          command.

          The following protocol is suggested for using write: when
          you first write to another user, wait for him or her to
          write back before starting to send.  Each party should end
          each message with a distinctive signal ((o) for ``over'' is
          conventional), indicating that the other may reply; (oo) for
          ``over and out'' is suggested when conversation is to be
          terminated.














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     Files
          /etc/utmp To find user

          /bin/sh        To execute !

     See Also
          mail(C), mesg(C), who(C)
















































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