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32*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Dd March 27, 2003
33*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Dt WALL 1
34*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Os
35*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Sh NAME
36*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Nm wall
37*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Nd write a message to users
38*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
39*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Nm
40*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Op Fl g Ar group
41*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Op Ar file
42*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
43*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Nm
44*a06e2ab3SBen Grasdisplays the contents of
45*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Ar file
46*a06e2ab3SBen Grasor, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
47*a06e2ab3SBen Grascurrently logged in users.
48*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Pp
49*a06e2ab3SBen GrasOnly the super-user can write on the
50*a06e2ab3SBen Grasterminals of users who have chosen
51*a06e2ab3SBen Grasto deny messages or are using a program which
52*a06e2ab3SBen Grasautomatically denies messages.
53*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Bl -tag -width indent
54*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.It Fl g
55*a06e2ab3SBen GrasSend messages to users in this group.
56*a06e2ab3SBen GrasThis option may be specified multiple times, and any user in any of the
57*a06e2ab3SBen Grasspecified groups will receive the message.
58*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.El
59*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
60*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Xr mesg 1 ,
61*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Xr talk 1 ,
62*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Xr write 1 ,
63*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Xr shutdown 8
64*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
65*a06e2ab3SBen GrasA
66*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Nm
67*a06e2ab3SBen Grascommand appeared in
68*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.At v7 .
69*a06e2ab3SBen GrasSupport for
70*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Fl g
71*a06e2ab3SBen Graswas added in
72*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Nx 2.0
73*a06e2ab3SBen Gras(from
74*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.Ox 2.0 ) .
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