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.\" Man page converted from formatted ascii to nroff source by
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.\" Devin Reade, 10 April 1998.
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.\" $Id: write.1,v 1.1 1998/04/10 20:03:53 gdr-ftp Exp $
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.\"
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.TH WRITE 1 "8 March 1994" GNO "Commands and Applications"
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.SH NAME
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write \- write messages to a user's terminal
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B write
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.IR username " [" message ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR write
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writes messages to all terminals belonging to
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.IR username .
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If an optional
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.I message
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is included on the command line, then that message is the one sent to the
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user. If no message is included on the command line,
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.BR write
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takes input from standard input until a blank line is encountered.
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It sends each line of input as it is received.
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.SH ERRORS
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.BR write
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returns in error if the user does not exist or if the user is not
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currently signed on. Executing
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.BR write
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with no arguments or with an option argument returns a usage message.
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.SH BUGS
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Old versions of the GNO multiuser package are incompatible with this version of
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.BR write ;
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use
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.BR write
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version 1.0 if you have not updated the multiuser package.
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.SH OTHER
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This program is Copyright 1993, 1994 by Leslie M. Barstow III.
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It may be distributed freely provided it is accompanied by this manpage.
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write uses routines from the ORCA Libraries, Copyright by ByteWorks, Inc.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Leslie Barstow, <phoenix@faerealm.faerealm.com>.
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.SH FILES
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/var/adm/utmp
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