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- .th MESG I 3/15/72
- .sh NAME
- mesg \*- permit or deny messages
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd mesg
- [
- .bd n
- ] [
- .bd y
- ]
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Mesg
- with argument
- .bd n
- forbids messages via
- .it write
- by revoking non-user
- write permission on the user's typewriter.
- .it Mesg
- with argument
- .bd y
- reinstates permission.
- All by itself,
- .it mesg
- reverses the current permission.
- In all cases the previous state is reported.
- .sh FILES
- /dev/tty?
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- write (I)
- .sh DIAGNOSTICS
- `?' if the standard input file is not a typewriter
- .sh BUGS
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