Description
mesg determines
whether other users can send messages
to your terminal with talk, write,
or similar utilities.
Options
- y
- Specifies that other people can send you messages.
- n
- Specifies that other people cannot send you messages.
Examples
- To let other people send you messages, issue:
mesg y
- To tell the system not to let other people send you messages,
issue:
mesg n
- To display the current setting without changing it, issue:
mesg
The terminal is determined by the first of standard input,
output, or error which is directed to a terminal.
Localization
mesg uses
the following localization environment variables:
- LANG
- LC_ALL
- LC_CTYPE
- LC_MESSAGES
- NLSPATH
See Localization for more
information.
Exit values
- 0
- Receiving messages is currently allowed
- 1
- Receiving messages is not currently allowed
- 2
- Failure due to any of the following:
- Unknown command-line option
- Unknown argument
- An error accessing the terminal
Portability
POSIX.2 User Portability Extension, X/Open Portability Guide, UNIX systems.
Related information
talk, write