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' $Header: /sprite/src/cmds/wall/RCS/wall.man,v 1.4 89/11/27 14:27:02 douglis Exp $
.so \*(]ltmac.sprite
.HS WALL cmds
.BS
.SH NAME
wall \- write to all users
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBwall\fP [ \fB\-v\fP ] [ \fB-l\fP ] [ \fB-r\fP ]
.IP "\fB\-v\fR" 15
Verbose: inform the user whether or not each machine
successfully received the message.
.IP "\fB\-l\fR" 15
Local: Only inform users on the local host.
.IP "\fB\-r\fR" 15
No rlogins: Only write to /dev/syslog on each machine, not rlogins.
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
\fIWall\fP reads its standard input until an end-of-file.
It then sends this message, preceded by `Broadcast Message ...',
to the syslog window and all rlogins on each machine. If the \fB-l\fR
option is specified, only users on the local host are notified.
If the \fB-r\fR option is specified, only syslog windows are written to.
The
\fB\-v\fR option will inform
the user whether or not each machine successfully received the
message.
.SH KEYWORDS
write, message, syslog