Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!amelia!pioneer.arc.nasa.gov!samlb From: samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCD) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: An alternative to "write" Keywords: write, phone, talk Message-ID: <3364@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 8 Oct 89 03:37:56 GMT References: <681@mcorp.UUCP> Sender: news@amelia.nas.nasa.gov Reply-To: samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCD) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Mtn Vw CA 94035 Lines: 7 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 := 'Sterling doesn't _have_ opinions -- much less NASA!'