Manual page for MESG(1)
mesg - permit or deny messages
SYNOPSIS
mesg
[
n
] [
y
]
DESCRIPTION
Mesg
with argument
n
forbids messages via
write
and
talk.1
by revoking non-user
write permission on the user's terminal.
Mesg
with argument
y
reinstates permission.
All by itself,
mesg
reports the current state without changing it.
FILES
/dev/tty*
SEE ALSO
write(1), talk(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 if messages are receivable,
1 if not, 2 on error.
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Last modified 11/5/97
