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Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011 Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released! Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team, the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing a great forum for collaboration and testing. The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription. As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions, and feedback. :-) Have fun!
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+<div class="SECT1">
+<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-TALK"
+name="BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-TALK">13.10 Talking to Other People</a></h1>
+
+<div class="SECT2">
+<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN4989" name="AEN4989">13.10.1 <tt
+class="COMMAND">wall</tt></a></h2>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">wall</tt>(1) is a quick way to write a message to the users on a
+system. The basic syntax is:</p>
+
+<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">wall [file]</kbd>
+</pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<p>This will result in the contents of [file] being displayed on the terminals of all
+currently logged in users. If you don't specify a file, wall will read from standard
+input, so you can just type your message, and end with <b class="KEYCAP">Ctrl</b>+<b
+class="KEYCAP">d</b>.</p>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">wall</tt> doesn't have many features, and apart from letting your
+users know that you're about to do some serious maintenance to the system, or even reboot
+it, so they have time to save their work and log off :)</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="SECT2">
+<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN5006" name="AEN5006">13.10.2 <tt
+class="COMMAND">talk</tt></a></h2>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">talk</tt>(1) allows two users to chat. It splits the screen in
+half, horizontally. To request a chat with another user, use this command:</p>
+
+<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">talk &lt;person&gt; [ttyname]</kbd>
+</pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-TALK-TALK"
+name="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-TALK-TALK"></a>
+<p><b>Figure 13-7. Two users in a <tt class="COMMAND">talk</tt> session</b></p>
+
+<p><img src="basic-network-commands/talk.png" /></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>If you specify just a username, the chat request is assumed to be local, so only local
+users are queried. The ttyname is required if you want to ring a user on a specific
+terminal (if the user is logged in more than once). The required information for <tt
+class="COMMAND">talk</tt> can be obtained from the <tt class="COMMAND">w</tt>(1)
+command.</p>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">talk</tt> can also ring users on remote hosts. For the username
+you simply specify an email address. <tt class="COMMAND">talk</tt> will try to contact
+that remote user on that host.</p>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">talk</tt> is somewhat limited. It only supports two users and is
+half-duplex.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="SECT2">
+<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN5033" name="AEN5033">13.10.3 <tt
+class="COMMAND">ytalk</tt></a></h2>
+
+<p><tt class="COMMAND">ytalk</tt>(1) is a backwards compatible replacement for <tt
+class="COMMAND">talk</tt>. It comes with Slackware as the <tt class="COMMAND">ytalk</tt>
+command. The syntax is similar, but has a few differences:</p>
+
+<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre class="SCREEN">
+<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd
+class="USERINPUT">ytalk &lt;username&gt;[#ttyname]</kbd>
+</pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<div class="FIGURE"><a id="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-TALK-YTALK"
+name="FIG-BASIC-NETWORK-COMMANDS-TALK-YTALK"></a>
+<p><b>Figure 13-8. Two users in a <tt class="COMMAND">ytalk</tt> session</b></p>
+
+<p><img src="basic-network-commands/ytalk.png" /></p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The username and terminal are specified the same as under talk, except you must put
+them together with the hash mark (#).</p>
+
+<p>ytalk offers several advantages:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>It supports more than two users.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>A menu of options that can be brought up anytime with <kbd
+class="USERINPUT">Esc</kbd>.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>You can shell out while still in the talk session.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p>Plus more...</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>If you're a server administrator, you'll want to make sure that the <tt
+class="COMMAND">ntalk</tt> port is enabled in <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/inetd.conf</tt>.
+<tt class="COMMAND">ytalk</tt> needs that to work properly.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
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