rwall.3n (2010 09)

rwall(3N) rwall(3N)

NAME

rwall( ) - write to speciﬁed remote machines

SYNOPSIS

#include <rpcsvc/rwall.h>

int rwall(char *host, char *msg);

DESCRIPTION

rwall() causes host to print the string msg to all its users. It returns 0 if successful.

RPC Info

Program number:

WALLPROG

Procs:

WALLPROC_WALL

Takes string as argument (wrapstring), returns no arguments. Executes wall on remote host

with string.

Versions:

RSTATVERS_ORIG

WARNINGS

User applications that call this routine must be linked with /usr/lib/librpcsvc.a

. For example,

cc my_source.c -lrpcsvc

AUTHOR

rwall() was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.