talk(1)                  USER COMMANDS                    talk(1)



NAME
     talk - talk to another user

SYNOPSIS
     talk username [ ttyname ]

DESCRIPTION
     talk is a visual communication  program  that  copies  lines
     from  your  terminal  to  that  of  a user on the same or on
     another host.  username is that user's login name.

     The program is architecture dependent; it works only between
     machines of the same architecture.

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

     When first called, talk sends the message:


          Message from TalkDaemon@ her_machine at time ...
          talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine
          talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine

     to the user you wish to talk to.  At this point,  the  reci-
     pient of the message should reply by typing:

          talkyour_name@your_machine

     It does not matter from which machine the recipient replies,
     as long as the login name is the same. Once communication is
     established, the two parties may type  simultaneously,  with
     their  output  appearing  in separate windows. Typing Ctrl-L
     redraws the screen, while your erase, kill,  and  word  kill
     characters  will work in talk as normal.  To exit, just type
     your interrupt character; talk then moves the cursor to  the
     bottom of the screen and restores the terminal.

     Permission to talk may be denied or granted by  use  of  the
     mesg(1)  command. At the outset talking is allowed.  Certain
     commands, such as  pr(1),  disallow  messages  in  order  to
     prevent messy output.

FILES
     /etc/hosts          to find the recipient's machine
     /var/adm/utmp       to find the recipient's tty

SEE ALSO
     mail(1), mesg(1), pr(1), who(1), write(1), talkd(1M).





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