btwrite - write messages

# NAME

btwrite - write messages

# SYNOPSIS

btwrite user [ ... ]

# DESCRIPTION

Btwrite sends messages to users' terminals in response to the `-w` option of gbch-r(1) and equivalent. It is used in preference to the `write(1)` command as this picks just one (and usually the wrong one!) of the terminals at which the user may be logged in, and does not display a suitable name for the originator of messages.

Btwrite takes a list of one or more users as arguments. It sends the text on standard input to each user's terminal. The message is mailed to users who cannot be reached. This facility is available for use in your own software if you wish.

# FILES

btint-config message file

# ENVIRONMENT

SPHELPDIR

  alternative location for help file directory.

# NOTES

Btwrite is identical to GNUspools's spwrite(8), apart from using a different message file.

# SEE ALSO

btmdisp(8), dosbtwrite(8).

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# AUTHOR

John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.