ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) (11/28/90)
Could anyone tell me how to get an user's idle time? Either from system calls in C or from a shell script. Thanks. -ping
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (11/28/90)
In article <1990Nov27.202215.4061@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu> ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) writes: | Could anyone tell me how to get an user's idle time? Either from | system calls in C or from a shell script. Thanks. The latest version of my screen blanker looks at the time since last modification of the virtual terminal. It's easy to extend this to serial or ethernet lines. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
alex@bma35b.ma02.bull.com (Alex Bottonelli) (12/12/90)
In article <1990Nov27.202215.4061@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu>, ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) writes: > Could anyone tell me how to get an user's idle time? Either from > system calls in C or from a shell script. Thanks. > > -ping On my system ( System V ) who accepts a -u option that will display the idle time of a user's tty ( a dot '.' for no idle time ). Does your system have such a option for who ? Hope it helps ____ ___ || Alessandro Bottonelli / / / / |/ || Bull Hn Italia /---/ / /--- / || 141 Needham St. - Ms 213 / / /___ /___ /| || Tel. xx1-617-552-6471 _____________________) || Fax. xx1-617-552-5318 || Net. ..!uunet!hbiso!bma35b!alex