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From: dkarres@hubcap.clemson.edu (dean karres)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Help with Talk
Keywords: Talk command
Message-ID: <6271@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 16 Aug 89 15:55:27 GMT
References: <7518@ecsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: dkarres@hubcap.UUCP (dean karres)
Organization: Clemson University
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First, type

	man talk

this may answer many of your questions. "man" is the on-line manual pages. For
help with "man" type

	man man

Some System V unix vendors do not include "man" in thier basic installation
package so you may have to resort to finding a (shudder) hardcopy manual ;-)

Okay, now that that it out of the way... You enter "talk" by typing

	talk myfriend

where "myfriend" is the username of the person you want to talk to. There
are other options (on our version) that allow you to specify a user on another
machine and perhaps the tty-device that (s)he is using.

This will put you into talk and signal the other guy that you want to talk
with him. If the other guy ignores you you very well may sit around for awhile
waiting on nothing. If this is the case or if you want to terminate the
connection for whatever reason type Ctrl-D. This stands (used to stand for?)
EOF (End Of File). You generate Ctrl-D by pressing the "d" key while holding
the "Ctrl" or "Control" key down. Sort of like Shift-d = "D"

Happy talking :-)

dean karres

PS you may find that the MA Bell's phones are much less frustrating ;-)
-- 
Dean Karres	dkarres@hubcap.clemson.edu

"...This ain't no party! this ain't no disco!..."
							nuts!!!