write.1 (2010 09)

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write(1) write(1)
<EOT>
Your correspondent sent end-of-file, or you set your terminal to
mesg n and your correspondent
tried to write to you. If you have a
write session established, you can continue to write to your
correspondent.
Permission denied.
The user you are trying to write to has denied write permission (with
mesg n).
Warning: You have your terminal set to "mesg -n". No reply possible.
Your terminal is set to
mesg n and the recipient cannot respond to you.
EXAMPLES
By issuing the command:
write matthew
user linda sends a message to user matthew
’s screen. If matthew responds:
write linda
two-way communication between
matthew and linda is established.
FILES
utmps database To find user
/usr/bin/sh To execute ! shell commands
SEE ALSO
elm(1), mail(1), mailx(1), mesg(1), nroff(1), pr(1), sh-posix(1), sh(1), who(1), utmpd(1M), getutsent(3C).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
write: SVID2, SVID3, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4, POSIX.2
2 Hewlett-Packard Company − 2 − HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010