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From: diamant@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: A "fix" for wall.
Message-ID: <9740087@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 89 02:36:38 GMT
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Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
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>   How do you plan on determining the "correct" user/hostname pair to send
> the message to?

How does talk pick the right one?  It takes the first one it finds whose
tty/pty is writable.  That seems like a pretty good algorithm.  If you want
to control it, don't make your ttys all writable.  That way, you (the user)
get to decide which one.


John Diamant
Software Engineering Systems Division
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