From 5a12e7c134274dba706667107d10d231517d3e05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:38 -0500 Subject: Slackware 13.0 Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009 Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing things and offering suggestions during this development cycle. As always, have fun and enjoy! -P. --- slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-talk.html | 184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 184 insertions(+) create mode 100644 slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-talk.html (limited to 'slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-talk.html') diff --git a/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-talk.html b/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-talk.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5c61119e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands-talk.html @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ + + + + +Talking to Other People + + + + + + + + + +
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13.10 Talking to Other People

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13.10.1 wall

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wall(1) is a quick way to write a message to the users on a +system. The basic syntax is:

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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 Ctrl+d.

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wall 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 :)

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13.10.2 talk

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talk(1) allows two users to chat. It splits the screen in +half, horizontally. To request a chat with another user, use this command:

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Figure 13-7. Two users in a talk session

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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 talk can be obtained from the w(1) +command.

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talk can also ring users on remote hosts. For the username +you simply specify an email address. talk will try to contact +that remote user on that host.

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talk is somewhat limited. It only supports two users and is +half-duplex.

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13.10.3 ytalk

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ytalk(1) is a backwards compatible replacement for talk. It comes with Slackware as the ytalk +command. The syntax is similar, but has a few differences:

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Figure 13-8. Two users in a ytalk session

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The username and terminal are specified the same as under talk, except you must put +them together with the hash mark (#).

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