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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: screen blanker?
Message-ID: <15957@bfmny0.BFM.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 90 00:38:26 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
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By the way (to atone for my bogus 'screenblank.sh' silliness) somebody
DID write a UNIX screen blanker a while back, but I have *no* idea what
it was called.

You could write your own.  The idea is just

 * have a list of tty devices to check

 * periodically scan their access and modify times

 * when a tty goes "old" send it display-off (ANSI)

 * when a tty goes "new" send it display-on

There are various refinements you could make.  It should work for the
console at least.

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