NAME send_message - send a message to a user SYNOPSIS int send_message(string message) int send_message(int echo) DESCRIPTION In the first form, send a message to the user associated with the current object. In the second form, user input echoing will be turned off or on, the value of echo being zero or non-zero, respectively. Used by the driver object, send_message() will write the message on stderr. For binary connections, send_message() will return the length of the string if it could be sent right away, a number indicating how much of the string could be sent immediately, or -1 otherwise. If only part of the string could be sent initially, message_done() will be called in the user object when the remainder has also been sent. If send_message() is used to send new data before all of the pending data from a previous call has been sent, the pending data is discarded. For telnet connections, send_message() will always return the length of the string sent. NOTES This kfun is only active when the network extensions are enabled. See send_message when not using the network extensions. SEE ALSO kfun/query_ip_number, kfun/this_user, kfun/users