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diff --git a/libexec/talkd/talkd.8 b/libexec/talkd/talkd.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36dfb28 --- /dev/null +++ b/libexec/talkd/talkd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)talkd.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 +.\" +.Dd December 11, 1993 +.Dt TALKD 8 +.Os BSD 4.3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm talkd +.Nd remote user communication server +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm talkd +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Talkd +is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to +initiate a conversation. +It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests +by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation. +In normal operation, a client, the caller, +initiates a rendezvous by sending a +.Tn CTL_MSG +to the server of +type +.Tn LOOK_UP +(see +.Aq Pa protocols/talkd.h ) . +This causes the server to search its invitation +tables to check if an invitation currently exists for the caller +(to speak to the callee specified in the message). +If the lookup fails, +the caller then sends an +.Tn ANNOUNCE +message causing the server to +broadcast an announcement on the callee's login ports requesting contact. +When the callee responds, the local server uses the +recorded invitation to respond with the appropriate rendezvous +address and the caller and callee client programs establish a +stream connection through which the conversation takes place. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr talk 1 , +.Xr write 1 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . |