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On 1/29/11 5:20 AM, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
> I would ask if on Cygwin I can use the 'write' command:
>=20
> write - send a message to another user
>=20
> $ write USER [ttyname]
>=20
> I remember I have used it some years ago, but not remember if it was on
> GNU/Linux or Cygwin.
>=20
> I did a research on http://cygwin.com/packages and didn't find it, but
> perhaps I did the wrong search..

Even in other Unix environments, write(1) is seldom used these days.
Windows *does* provide a way to send a message to other users using the
"msg" command or "net send".


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