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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

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Johan Karlsson		mailto:johan@FreeBSD.org

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