| 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 1 AT&T UNIX.
| September 6, 2019 | openbsd |