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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
44.Nm Talkd
45is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to
46initiate a conversation.
47It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests
48by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation.
49In normal operation, a client, the caller,
50initiates a rendezvous by sending a
51.Tn CTL_MSG
52to the server of
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69address and the caller and callee client programs establish a
70stream connection through which the conversation takes place.
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr talk 1 ,
73.Xr write 1
74.Sh HISTORY
75The
76.Nm
77command appeared in
78.Bx 4.3 .
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5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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33.\" $FreeBSD: head/libexec/talkd/talkd.8 79529 2001-07-10 10:49:54Z ru $
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
44.Nm Talkd
45is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to
46initiate a conversation.
47It acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests
48by clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation.
49In normal operation, a client, the caller,
50initiates a rendezvous by sending a
51.Tn CTL_MSG
52to the server of
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69address and the caller and callee client programs establish a
70stream connection through which the conversation takes place.
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr talk 1 ,
73.Xr write 1
74.Sh HISTORY
75The
76.Nm
77command appeared in
78.Bx 4.3 .