Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:40:02 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding '-t tty' to biff(1)/mesg(1) Message-ID: <20020724134002.GC57998@starjuice.net> In-Reply-To: <20020724152144.C58742@numeri.campus.luth.se> References: <20020723225247.G50574@numeri.campus.luth.se> <20020724074730.GE56717@starjuice.net> <20020724152144.C58742@numeri.campus.luth.se>
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On (2002/07/24 15:21), Johan Karlsson wrote: > > 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). > > You are absolutly correct. > This is a good enough reason for not committing my changes. > Instead I will teach biff(1) to work in this way. Be aware that Robert Drehmel already has a patch for this, but has been having trouble sending email. He told me this a few moments ago on IRC. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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