wall man page on Xenix

wall man page on Xenix

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     WALL(C)		      XENIX System V		       WALL(C)

     Name
	  wall - Writes to all users.

     Syntax
	  /etc/wall

     Description
	  wall reads a message from the standard input until an end-
	  of-file.  It then sends this message to all users currently
	  logged in preceded by ``Broadcast Message from ...''.	 wall
	  is used to warn all users, for example, prior to shutting
	  down the system.

	  The sender should be super-user to override any protections
	  the users may have invoked.

     Files
	  /dev/tty*

     See Also
	  mesg(C), write(C)

     Diagnostics
	  Cannot send to ...  The open on a user's tty file has
			      failed.

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