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Write allows you to communicate with other users when you are at a hard-copy terminal and the same system. To use write, type the following:
write login Replace login with the login of the user you want to communicate with.
If your login is "larr" and you're working on the rigel system, the person you send the message to receives a message that starts like this:
Message from larr@rigel on ttypf at 10:16 ...e talking to each
That person can reply using write, and you'll be talking to each other. Everything typed at your terminal will be sent to the other user's terminal, and vice versa. End each message in < 0 >, as with talk, and, also like talk, end your write session with < 0 + 0 >. To terminate the conversation, type ctrl-d.
Note: If the person you are trying to talk with is logged onto a computer more than once,
you may experience problems connecting. The computer can not tell which tty port you want it to
use. To help the computer out, give the tty after the users name:
write moeh ttyp3
One drawback of write as compared to talk is that it's hard to tell when the other person has completed a message and is waiting for your response. A good rule of thumb is to enter two carriage returns after the last line of your message.
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