SCO Unix 'talk' command

Guy Harris guy at auspex.auspex.com
Thu Aug 30 07:36:29 AEST 1990


>it doesn't matter who you try to talk to, but if your /etc/utmp
>doesn't have an entry for your X terminal pseudo tty, you'll get 
>a funny error message.  maybe my sense of humor is deluded, but 
>check it out anyway, eh?

Credit where credit is due, unless the message is funnier than "You
don't exist. Go away.", which is the message that 4.3BSD's "talk" issues
in that case....



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