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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/write.1 b/static/v10/man1/write.1 deleted file mode 100644 index b60ddca4..00000000 --- a/static/v10/man1/write.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -.pa 1 -.he 'WRITE (I)'3/15/72'WRITE (I)' -.ti 0 -NAME write -- write to another user -.sp -.ti 0 -SYNOPSIS write_____ user -.sp -.ti 0 -DESCRIPTION write_____ copies lines from your typewriter to that of -another user. When first called, write_____ sends the message -.sp - message from yourname... -.sp -The recipient of the message should write back at this point. -Communication continues until an end of file is -read from the typewriter or an interrupt is sent. -At that point write_____ writes "EOT" on the other terminal. -.sp -Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the mesg____ -command. -At the outset writing is allowed. -Certain commands, in particular roff____ and pr__, disallow -messages in order to prevent messy output. - -If the character "!" is found at the beginning of a line, -write_____ calls the mini-shell msh___ 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 him to -write back before starting to send. -Each party should end each message with a distinctive -signal ("(o)" for "over" is conventional) that the other may reply. -"(oo)" (for "over and out") is suggested when conversation -is about to be terminated. - -.ti 0 -FILES /tmp/utmp to find user -.br -/etc/msh to execute ! -.sp -.ti 0 -SEE ALSO mesg(I), msh(VII) -.sp -.ti 0 -DIAGNOSTICS "user not logged in"; "permission denied". -.sp -.ti 0 -BUGS write_____ -should check the mode of the other user's typewriter -and refuse to proceed unless non-user -write permission is given. -Currently it is possible to write to another -person with the same user-ID even though -he has forbidden messages. - -write_____ should also allow specification of -the typewriter name of a user who -is logged in several times instead -of picking out the instance with the -lowest name. |
