Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:21:44 +0200 From: Johan Karlsson <johan@freebsd.org> To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding '-t tty' to biff(1)/mesg(1) Message-ID: <20020724152144.C58742@numeri.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <20020724074730.GE56717@starjuice.net>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:47:30AM %2B0200 References: <20020723225247.G50574@numeri.campus.luth.se> <20020724074730.GE56717@starjuice.net>
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:47 (+0200) +0000, Sheldon Hearn 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. Thanks for pointing this out. /Johan -- Johan Karlsson mailto:johan@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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