v7 man page for wall

Query: wall

OS: v7

Section: 1m

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WALL(1M)																  WALL(1M)

NAME
wall - write to all users
SYNOPSIS
/etc/wall
DESCRIPTION
Wall reads its standard input until an end-of-file. It then sends this message, preceded by `Broadcast Message ...', to all logged in users. The sender should be super-user to override any protections the users may have invoked.
FILES
/dev/tty? /etc/utmp
SEE ALSO
mesg(1), write(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
`Cannot send to ...' when the open on a user's tty file fails. WALL(1M)
Related Man Pages
wall(1m) - opensolaris
wall(1) - minix
wall(1) - opendarwin
wall(1) - x11r4
wall(1) - plan9
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