Annotation of src/usr.bin/wall/wall.1, Revision 1.11
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1.11 ! jmc 33: .Dd $Mdocdate$
1.1 deraadt 34: .Dt WALL 1
1.5 aaron 35: .Os
1.1 deraadt 36: .Sh NAME
37: .Nm wall
38: .Nd write a message to users
39: .Sh SYNOPSIS
40: .Nm wall
1.3 deraadt 41: .Op Fl g Ar group
1.1 deraadt 42: .Op Ar file
43: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.6 aaron 44: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 45: displays the contents of
1.6 aaron 46: .Ar file ,
1.1 deraadt 47: or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
48: currently logged in users.
49: .Pp
1.7 aaron 50: Only the superuser can write on the
1.1 deraadt 51: terminals of users who have chosen
52: to deny messages or are using a program which
53: automatically denies messages.
1.6 aaron 54: .Pp
55: The options are as follows:
1.8 aaron 56: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.10 jmc 57: .It Fl g Ar group
1.6 aaron 58: Send messages to users in this group.
59: This option may be specified
1.3 deraadt 60: multiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will
61: receive the message.
62: .El
1.1 deraadt 63: .Sh SEE ALSO
64: .Xr mesg 1 ,
65: .Xr talk 1 ,
66: .Xr write 1 ,
67: .Xr shutdown 8
68: .Sh HISTORY
69: A
70: .Nm
71: command appeared in
72: .At v7 .