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35.Dd December 11, 1993
36.Dt TALKD 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm talkd
40.Nd remote user communication server
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility
47is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to
48initiate a conversation.
49It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests
50by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation.
51In normal operation, a client, the caller,
52initiates a rendezvous by sending a
53.Tn CTL_MSG
54to the server of
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71address and the caller and callee client programs establish a
72stream connection through which the conversation takes place.
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr talk 1 ,
75.Xr write 1
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79utility appeared in
80.Bx 4.3 .
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4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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32.\" @(#)talkd.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: head/libexec/talkd/talkd.8 99500 2002-07-06 19:19:48Z charnier $
34.\"
35.Dd December 11, 1993
36.Dt TALKD 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm talkd
40.Nd remote user communication server
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility
47is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to
48initiate a conversation.
49It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests
50by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation.
51In normal operation, a client, the caller,
52initiates a rendezvous by sending a
53.Tn CTL_MSG
54to the server of
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71address and the caller and callee client programs establish a
72stream connection through which the conversation takes place.
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr talk 1 ,
75.Xr write 1
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79utility appeared in
80.Bx 4.3 .