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From: bengsig@orcenl.uucp (Bjorn Engsig)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Autologout of unused terminals
Message-ID: <201.nlunix6@orcenl.uucp>
Date: 23 Nov 88 12:50:04 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards
Organization: ORACLE Europe, The Netherlands
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Is there any way to see if a terminal has not been used for some time,
and if it hasn't, to send a hangup to the processes there?  We are looking
for a system that is usable on all flavors and variants of unix, including
SystemV, BSD, AIX, HP-UX, etc. etc., but if somebody has some idea or
even sources for a particular system, it is mostly welcome as well.

The mechanism should NOT depend on the use of a particular shell.

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