1*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" $NetBSD: wall.1,v 1.7 2003/08/07 11:17:14 agc Exp $ 2*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 3*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 4*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 6*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" are met: 9*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" without specific prior written permission. 17*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 18*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 30*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" @(#)wall.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 31*a06e2ab3SBen Gras.\" 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 ) . 75