robcoo@mcorp.UUCP (Robin Coolidge) (10/06/89)
Is there some unix/xenix command out there that can be an alternative for
write? I am thinking of something like phone in the VMS world that splits
the screen and allows two terminals to communicate at the same time.
I don't need anything fancy, just more usefull than write.
Thanks ahead.
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These opinions are my own, no one else wants them.dan@dsi.COM (Dan Mick) (10/07/89)
>I don't need anything fancy, just more usefull than write.
If you've got 'talk', that's the one. It's BSD, though, so may not
be on Xenix.madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost) (10/08/89)
In article <681@mcorp.UUCP> robcoo@mcorp.UUCP (Robin Coolidge) writes: |Is there some unix/xenix command out there that can be an alternative for |write? I am thinking of something like phone in the VMS world that splits |the screen and allows two terminals to communicate at the same time. | |I don't need anything fancy, just more usefull than write. It probably isn't what you are looking for, but I have a program called "msend" which sends messages over a network (much like "rsend" but much more robust and with a lot more functionality). This is not a fullscreen program but messages are nicer than they are with write, tagging each with the sender's name, and host. A user can redirect the terminal the message goes to when he's getting a message (even the host and user), which is nice when you have networked terminals (eg X). If anyone would like this, email and I'll send it you you. jim frost software tool & die madd@std.com
samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCD) (10/08/89)
In the BSD world, there is a program called talk, which does just what you want -- I don't know about Sys V. Sam'l Bassett, Sterling Software @ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA 94035 Work: (415) 694-4792; Home: (415) 969-2644 samlb@well.sf.ca.us samlb@ames.arc.nasa.gov <Disclaimer> := 'Sterling doesn't _have_ opinions -- much less NASA!'