HPUX write[1]

 write(1)                                                           write(1)





 NAME
      write - interactively write (talk) to another user

 SYNOPSIS
      write user [line]

 DESCRIPTION
      write copies lines from your terminal to that of another user.  When
      first called, it sends the message:

           Message from yourname (tty??) [date] ...

      to the person you want to talk to.  When it has successfully completed
      the connection, it also sends two bells to your own terminal to
      indicate that what you are typing is being sent.

      The recipient of the message should write back at this point.
      Communication continues until an end of file is read from the
      terminal, an interrupt is sent, or the recipient has executed mesgn.
      At that point write writes EOT on the other terminal and exits.

      If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than once, the
      line argument can be used to indicate which line or terminal to send
      to (e.g., tty00); otherwise, the first writable instance of the user
      found in /etc/utmp is assumed and the following message posted:

           user is logged on more than one place.
           You are connected to "terminal" .
           Other locations are:
           terminal

      Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the mesg
      command (see mesg(1)).  Writing to others is normally allowed by
      default.  Certain commands, in particular nroff and pr disallow
      messages in order to prevent interference with their output.  However,
      if the user has the appropriate privileges, messages can be forced
      onto a write-inhibited terminal.

      If the character ! is found at the beginning of a line, write calls
      the shell to execute the rest of the line as a command.

      The following protocol is suggested for using write: when you first
      write to another user, wait for them to write back before starting to
      send.  Each person should end a message with a distinctive signal
      (such as (o) for ``over'') so that the other person knows when to
      reply.  The signal (oo) (for ``over and out'') could be used when
      conversation is to be terminated.

 EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
    Environment Variables
      LC_TIME determines the format and contents of date and time strings.



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 write(1)                                                           write(1)





      If LC_TIME is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty
      string, the value of LANG is used as a default for each unspecified or
      empty variable.  If LANG is not specified or is set to the empty
      string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of LANG.  If
      any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, write
      behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C".  See
      environ(5).

    International Code Set Support
      Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.

 DIAGNOSTICS
      user is not logged on
           The person you are trying to write to is not logged on.

      Permission denied
           The person you are trying to write to denies that permission
           (with mesg).

      Warning: cannot respond, set mesg -y
           Your terminal is set to mesg n and the recipient cannot respond
           to you.

      Can no longer write to user
           The recipient has denied permission (mesg n) after you had
           started writing.

 EXAMPLES
      By issuing the command:

           write matthew

      linda sends a message to matthew's screen.  If matthew types write
      linda, two-way communication between matthew and linda is established.

 FILES
      /etc/utmp      to find user
      /bin/sh        to execute !

 SEE ALSO
      elm(1), mail(1), mailx(1), mesg(1), nroff(1), pr(1), sh(1), who(1).

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
      write: SVID2, XPG2, XPG3










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