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HP-UX Reference > Mmesg(1)HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update |
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NAMEmesg — permit or deny messages to terminal DESCRIPTIONThe command form mesg [-]n forbids messages via write by revoking write permission to users without appropriate privilege on the user's terminal (see write(1)). The command form mesg [-]g reinstates permission so that only legitimate commands (such as write) can be used by other users to send messages. The command form mesg [-]y allows applications such as write or talk to send messages to the user's terminal (that is, without restrictions). mesg without any other argument reports the current state without changing it. RETURN VALUEmesg returns the following values:
EXTERNAL INFLUENCESEnvironment VariablesLC_MESSAGES determines the language in which messages are displayed. If LC_MESSAGES is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of LANG is used as a default for each unspecified or empty variable. If LANG is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of LANG. If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, mesg behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C". See environ(5). |
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