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1.\" @(#)mesg.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
2.\"
3.TH MESG 1 "April 29, 1985"
4.AT 3
5.SH NAME
6mesg \- permit or deny messages
7.SH SYNOPSIS
8.B mesg
9[
10.B n
11] [
12.B y
13]
14.SH DESCRIPTION
15.B Mesg
16with argument
17.B n
18forbids messages via
19.B write
20and
21.BR talk (1)
22by revoking non-user
23write permission on the user's terminal.
24.B Mesg
25with argument
26.B y
27reinstates permission.
28All by itself,
29.B mesg
30reports the current state without changing it.
31.SH FILES
32/dev/tty*
33.SH "SEE ALSO"
34.BR write (1),
35.BR talk (1).
36.SH DIAGNOSTICS
37Exit status is 0 if messages are receivable,
381 if not, 2 on error.
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