From 75a4a592e5ccda30715f93563d741b83e0dcf39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:37:00 +0000 Subject: Slackware 13.37 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! --- 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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