hpux man page for talkd

talkd(1M)																 talkd(1M)

NAME
       talkd - remote user communication server

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       is  the	server	that notifies a user that someone wants to initiate a conversation.  It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to
       requests by clients wishing to initiate a conversation.

       To initiate a conversation, the client (the command) sends a message of type LOOK_UP to the server (see This causes the	server	to  search
       its  invitation	table  to  check  if an invitation currently exists for the caller to talk to the callee specified in the message.  If the
       lookup fails, the caller then sends a message of type ANNOUNCE, which causes the server to display an announcement on the callee's terminal
       requesting contact.

       When  the  callee responds, the local server uses the recorded invitation to respond with the appropriate rendezvous address and the caller
       and callee client programs establish a stream connection through which the conversation takes place.

       To activate the talk service, the following entry must be added to the file:

SEE ALSO
       talk(1), write(1).

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