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From: Chris Larson <larson@kenner.cs.utk.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Broadcasting a message?
Date: 12 Nov 1996 08:50:16 -0500
Organization: Computer Science Dept, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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exuviae@trans-actions.com writes:

> 
> Could anyone tell me how to send a message to another terminal,
> or send a system message to all users??  I have been looking for
> this answer for a while.
> 
> 

the command "wall" can send to all users.
I think there's a command called "write" as well, don't
get confused with the write() system call tho.

chris