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From: eastick@me.utoronto.ca (Doug Eastick)
Subject: Perl shell and autologout
Message-ID: <91Jan15.065631est.19297@me.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Distribution: comp
Date: 15 Jan 91 11:56:39 GMT

I'm writing a simple shell/menu-system using perl.  The menu will
probably look something like this:
	
	M) Mail
	N) News
	S) Shell
	L) Logout

	Choice>> _

How can I implement an autologout (this perl program is their login
shell) similar to csh?  It'll be a vanilla 4.2 BSD system on a ns32k.
Me thinks there is a fork() involved.

Also, any tips or hazards I should be aware of using a Perl program as
a login shell?