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| author | Benno Schulenberg | 2014-07-15 23:07:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2014-07-16 12:03:25 +0200 |
| commit | 6e72fa5965d121812db5d0186b06fd988bb5699c (patch) | |
| tree | 49cba561b1c054e4e4e3ce69adfaf70ee91d252c /term-utils/mesg.1 | |
| parent | docs: bring several man pages closer to standard formatting (diff) | |
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docs: bring a few more man pages closer to standard formatting
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/mesg.1')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/mesg.1 b/term-utils/mesg.1 index f7ebf4195..9bdc6d566 100644 --- a/term-utils/mesg.1 +++ b/term-utils/mesg.1 @@ -31,23 +31,18 @@ .\" .\" @(#)mesg.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" -.\" Fri Mar 10 20:31:02 1995, modified for standard man macros, -.\" faith@cs.unc.edu -.\" -.\" -.\" " -.TH MESG 1 "April 2011" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH MESG 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME -mesg \- display (do not display) messages from other users +mesg \- display (or do not display) messages from other users .SH SYNOPSIS .B mesg -.RB [options] +[option] .RB [ n | y ] .SH DESCRIPTION The .B mesg -utility is invoked by a users to control write access others have to the -terminal device associated with the standard error output. If write access +utility is invoked by a user to control write access others have to the +terminal device associated with standard error output. If write access is allowed, then programs such as .BR talk (1) and @@ -63,37 +58,39 @@ should be executed in your login scripts. .SH ARGUMENTS .TP .B n -Disallows messages. +Disallow messages. .TP .B y -Permits messages to be displayed. +Allow messages to be displayed. +.PP +If no arguments are given, +.B mesg +shows the current message status on standard error output. .SH OPTIONS .TP -.B \-v, \-\-verbose +.BR \-v , " \-\-verbose" Explain what is being done. .TP -.B \-V, \-\-verbose +.BR \-V , " \-\-version" Display version information and exit. .TP -.B \-h, \-\-help +.BR \-h , " \-\-help" Display help text and exit. -.PP -If no arguments are given, -.B mesg -displays the present message status to the standard error output. -.PP +.SH EXIT STATUS The .B mesg utility exits with one of the following values: +.RS 4 .TP -.I "\ 0" +.B "\ 0" Messages are allowed. .TP -.I "\ 1" +.B "\ 1" Messages are not allowed. .TP -.I ">1" +.B ">1" An error has occurred. +.RE .SH FILES .I /dev/[pt]ty[pq]? .SH "SEE ALSO" |