1MESG(1)                       Linux User's Manual                      MESG(1)
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NAME

6       mesg - control write access to your terminal
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SYNOPSIS

9       mesg [y|n]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Mesg  controls  the  access to your terminal by others.  It's typically
13       used to allow or disallow other users to write to  your  terminal  (see
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OPTIONS

17       y      Allow write access to your terminal.
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19       n      Disallow write access to your terminal.
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21       If no option is given, mesg prints out the current access state of your
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24       Mesg assumes that its standard input is  connected  to  your  terminal.
25       That  also  means  that  if  you  are logged in multiple times, you can
26       get/set the mesg status of other sessions by  using  redirection.   For
27       example "mesg n < /dev/pts/46".
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AUTHOR

30       Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)
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SEE ALSO

33       talk(1), write(1), wall(1)
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37                                 Feb 26, 2001                          MESG(1)