Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:48:56 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: Johan Karlsson <johan@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding '-t tty' to biff(1)/mesg(1) Message-ID: <20020724144856.GC4475@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020724074730.GE56717@starjuice.net> References: <20020723225247.G50574@numeri.campus.luth.se> <20020724074730.GE56717@starjuice.net>
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:47:30AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On (2002/07/23 22:52), Johan Karlsson wrote: > > > Currently there is no way of changing the biff/mesg > > status of a tty where another program is running. > > (except if you know all the gory details about biff and mesg) > > For mesg(1), you can use shell redirection to accomplish your goal, > as with tools like vidcontrol(1): > > mesg y < /dev/ttyp7 > > This doesn't work for biff(1). it works using : biff n 2< /dev/ttyv3 see comments on PR #13073. Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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