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From: steve-t@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: How to stop windows from timing out
Message-ID: <7370337@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Mar 91 18:18:09 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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In /comp.sys.hp/ bxb@lanl.gov (Barry J. Berenberg) // asks:
| My windows have this annoying habit of killing themselves if they are
| inactive for some length of time (something like 30 mins, but I'm not
| sure).  How can I disable this "feature?"
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Sounds like your shell is timing out.  Check the value of TMOUT (if you
are using ksh).  export TMOUT=0  disables this feature.  The corresponding
shell variable for csh is autologout.
						Regards, Steve taylor

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