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     WRITE(C)		      XENIX System V		      WRITE(C)

     Name
	  write - Writes to another user.

     Syntax
	  write user [ tty ]

     Description
	  write copies lines from your terminal to that of another
	  user.	 When first called, it sends the message:

	       Message from your-logname your-tty ...

	  The recipient of the message should write back at this
	  point.  Communication continues until an end-of-file is read
	  from the terminal or an interrupt is sent.  At that point,
	  write displays:

	       (end of message)

	  on the other terminal and exits.

	  If you want to write to a user who is logged in more than
	  once, the tty argument may be used to indicate the
	  appropriate terminal.

	  Permission to write may be denied or granted by use of the
	  mesg(C) command.  At the outset, writing is allowed.
	  Certain commands, in particular nroff(CT) and pr(C),
	  disallow messages in order to prevent messy output.

	  If the character ! is found at the beginning of a line,
	  write calls the shell to execute the rest of the line as a
	  command.  Output from the command is sent to the terminal;
	  it is not sent to the remote user.

	  The following protocol is suggested for using write:	when
	  you first write to another user, wait for him or her to
	  write back before starting to send.  Each party should end
	  each message with a distinctive signal ((o) for ``over'' is
	  conventional), indicating that the other may reply; (oo) for
	  ``over and out'' is suggested when conversation is to be
	  terminated.

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     WRITE(C)		      XENIX System V		      WRITE(C)

     Files
	  /etc/utmp To find user

	  /bin/sh	 To execute !

     See Also
	  hello(C), mail(C), mesg(C), who(C)

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