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diff --git a/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1 b/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84fea4b --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1 @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990, 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. +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" @(#)mesg.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd May 5, 2002 +.Dt MESG 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mesg +.Nd display (do not display) messages from other users +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Cm n | Cm y +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility is invoked by a user to control write access others +have to a terminal device. +Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as +.Xr talk 1 +and +.Xr write 1 +may display messages on the terminal. +.Pp +The first terminal device in the sequence of devices associated with standard +input, standard output and standard error is affected. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Cm n +Disallow messages. +.It Cm y +Permit messages to be displayed. +.El +.Pp +If no arguments are given, +.Nm +displays the present message status to the standard output. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width flag -compact -offset indent +.It Li "\ 0" +Messages are allowed. +.It Li "\ 1" +Messages are not allowed. +.It Li ">1" +An error has occurred. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Disallow messages from other users to the current terminal: +.Pp +.Dl "mesg n" +.Pp +Allow messages from other users to +.Pa ttyp1 +(assuming you are also logged in on that terminal): +.Pp +.Dl "mesg y </dev/ttyp1" +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +Previous versions of the +.Nm +utility wrote the message status to the standard error output and +affected the terminal attached to standard error without first trying the +standard input or output devices. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr biff 1 , +.Xr talk 1 , +.Xr wall 1 , +.Xr write 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v1 . |