NAME

wall − write to all users

SYNOPSIS

wall [ −v ] [ -l ] [ -r ]

−vVerbose: inform the user whether or not each machine successfully received the message. 

−lLocal: Only inform users on the local host. 

−rNo rlogins: Only write to /dev/syslog on each machine, not rlogins. 

DESCRIPTION

Wall 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 -l option is specified, only users on the local host are notified.  If the -r option is specified, only syslog windows are written to.  The −v option will inform the user whether or not each machine successfully received the message. 
 

KEYWORDS

write, message, syslog

Sprite version 1.0  —  November 27, 1989