MESG linux command manual

MESG(1)                       Linux User's Manual                      MESG(1)



NAME
       mesg - control write access to your terminal

SYNOPSIS
       mesg [y|n]

DESCRIPTION
       Mesg  controls  the access to your terminal by others.  It's typically
       used to allow or disallow other users to write to your  terminal  (see
       write(1)).

OPTIONS
       y      Allow write access to your terminal.

       n      Disallow write access to your terminal.

       If  no  option  is  given, mesg prints out the current access state of
       your terminal.

       Mesg assumes that it's standard input is connected to  your  terminal.
       That  also  means  that  if  you are logged in multiple times, you can
       get/set the mesg status of other sessions by using  redirection.   For
       example "mesg n < /dev/pts/46".

AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl)

SEE ALSO
       talk(1), write(1), wall(1)



                                 Feb 26, 2001                         MESG(1)