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From: bill@twg.UUCP (Bill Irwin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Automatic lockscreen
Message-ID: <181@twg.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 90 07:18:41 GMT
References: <PAT.90Jun13081545@tbird1.prime.com>
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In article <PAT.90Jun13081545@tbird1.prime.com> pat@tbird1.prime.com (Philip Tanner) writes:
>
>   I would like to write a script to automatically lock a workstations screen if
>the keyboard has been inactive for a certain period of time. My problem is I don't
>know how to "watch" the keyboard for activity.
>
>   Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Try looking at the time when you do a "ls -l /dev/ttyxx".  It should show
you when the last I/O took place on the terminal.  You have to be careful
though.  If a user can start a long process which doesn't produce any I/O
as it is going, the port may look dormant when it's not.
-- 
Bill Irwin - TWG The Westrheim Group - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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