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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: watchdog  &&  Are my mailings posted more than once???
Message-ID: <1989Nov30.140253.12991@virtech.uucp>
Date: 30 Nov 89 14:02:53 GMT
References: <21579@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
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In article <21579@adm.BRL.MIL>, AGRISCS@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Don Ingli) writes:
> For AT&T sys V users, KSH k-shell has options for time-out...
> 
> I havn't played with it yet, but from what I've seen, it will exit you
> if no keyboard i/o is done in xmins.  I don't know if it checks the
> processes or not....

This only works if the user has left the terminal at the shell prompt.  KSH
will not timeout if the user leaves the terminal in some application (like
elm, or vi).



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