MESG(1) | General Commands Manual | MESG(1) |
mesg
— display (do
not display) messages from other users
mesg |
[n | y ] |
The mesg
utility is invoked by a user to
control write access others have to the terminal device associated with the
standard error output. Write access is allowed by default, and programs such
as talk(1) and
write(1) may display messages
on the terminal.
The options are as follows:
If no arguments are given, mesg
displays
the present message status to the standard error output.
The mesg
utility exits with one of the
following values:
The mesg
utility is compliant with the
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”)
specification.
A mesg
command appeared in
Version 2 AT&T UNIX.
September 3, 2010 | OpenBSD-6.5 |