mesg man page on UNIXv7

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MESG(1)								       MESG(1)

NAME
       mesg  -	permit or deny messages

SYNOPSIS
       mesg [ n ] [ y ]

DESCRIPTION
       Mesg with argument n forbids messages via write(1) by revoking non-user
       write permission on the user's terminal.	 Mesg with  argument  y	 rein‐
       states permission.  All by itself, mesg reports the current state with‐
       out changing it.

FILES
       /dev/tty*
       /dev

SEE ALSO
       write(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit status is 0 if messages are receivable, 1 if not, 2 on error.

								       MESG(1)
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