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+.\"	@(#)mesg.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1,v 1.10 2002/07/25 05:16:49 tjr Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd May 5, 2002
+.Dt MESG 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mesg
+.Nd display (do not display) messages from other users
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Cm n | Cm y
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility is invoked by a user to control write access others
+have to a terminal device.
+Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as
+.Xr talk 1
+and
+.Xr write 1
+may display messages on the terminal.
+.Pp
+The first terminal device in the sequence of devices associated with standard
+input, standard output and standard error is affected.
+.Pp
+Options available:
+.Bl -tag -width flag
+.It Cm n
+Disallows messages.
+.It Cm y
+Permits messages to be displayed.
+.El
+.Pp
+If no arguments are given,
+.Nm
+displays the present message status to the standard output.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Disallow messages from other users to the current terminal:
+.Pp
+.Dl "mesg n"
+.Pp
+Allow messages from other users to
+.Pa ttyp1
+(assuming you are also logged in on that terminal):
+.Pp
+.Dl "mesg y </dev/ttyp1"
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+The
+.Nm
+utility exits with one of the following values:
+.Bl -tag -width flag -compact -offset indent
+.Pp
+.It Li "\ 0"
+Messages are allowed.
+.It Li "\ 1"
+Messages are not allowed.
+.It Li ">1"
+An error has occurred.
+.El
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+Previous versions of the
+.Nm
+utility wrote the message status to the standard error output and
+affected the terminal attached to standard error without first trying the
+standard input or output devices.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr biff 1 ,
+.Xr talk 1 ,
+.Xr wall 1 ,
+.Xr write 1
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm
+utility conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.At v1 .