Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!ulysses!attibr!vch
From: vch@attibr.UUCP (Vincent C. Hatem)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Autologout of unused terminals
Summary: more...
Message-ID: <74@attibr.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 15:23:09 GMT
References: <201.nlunix6@orcenl.uucp> <83@cosmic.sns.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T International, Basking Ridge, NJ
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In article <83@cosmic.sns.UUCP>, holgi@sns.UUCP (Holger Kollmer) writes:
# In article <201.nlunix6@orcenl.uucp> bengsig@orcenl.uucp (Bjorn Engsig) writes:
# #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
# 
# You can make stat(2) on the tty. That system call returns st_mtime and 
# st_atime which shows the last access and modification time. 

You could also use 'who -u' (on Sys V), which tells the idle time...

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