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mesg
—
mesg |
[n | y ] |
mesg
utility is invoked by a user to control write
access others have to the terminal device associated with the standard error
output. Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as
talk(1) and
write(1) may display messages on
the terminal.
Options available:
If no arguments are given, mesg
displays
the present message status to the standard error output.
The mesg
utility exits with one of the
following values:
mesg
command appeared in
Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
September 1, 2019 | NetBSD 9.4 |