Annotation of src/usr.bin/wall/wall.1, Revision 1.7
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35: .\" @(#)wall.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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37: .Dd June 6, 1993
38: .Dt WALL 1
1.5 aaron 39: .Os
1.1 deraadt 40: .Sh NAME
41: .Nm wall
42: .Nd write a message to users
43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
44: .Nm wall
1.3 deraadt 45: .Op Fl g Ar group
1.1 deraadt 46: .Op Ar file
47: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.6 aaron 48: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 49: displays the contents of
1.6 aaron 50: .Ar file ,
1.1 deraadt 51: or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all
52: currently logged in users.
53: .Pp
1.7 ! aaron 54: Only the superuser can write on the
1.1 deraadt 55: terminals of users who have chosen
56: to deny messages or are using a program which
57: automatically denies messages.
1.6 aaron 58: .Pp
59: The options are as follows:
1.3 deraadt 60: .Bl -tag -width indent
61: .It Fl g
1.6 aaron 62: Send messages to users in this group.
63: This option may be specified
1.3 deraadt 64: multiple times, and any user in any of the specified groups will
65: receive the message.
66: .El
1.1 deraadt 67: .Sh SEE ALSO
68: .Xr mesg 1 ,
69: .Xr talk 1 ,
70: .Xr write 1 ,
71: .Xr shutdown 8
72: .Sh HISTORY
73: A
74: .Nm
75: command appeared in
76: .At v7 .