.suffile/.logout in ksh (affects TIMEOUT?)

[Govind N. Kamat]

In article <984 at cbnewsh.ATT.COM> tel at cbnewsh.ATT.COM (thomas.e.lowe) writes:

>KSH Has a timeout feature that will log you out after so many seconds
>of idle time if your TIMEOUT (or TMOUT, i forget) is set.  I've been
>told that doing this trap will prevent this timeout from working.
>Is this true?  Why?  Bug or Feature?  Is it avoidable?

No, that is not true; the shell exits after TMOUT seconds of idle time
(+60 sec grace), and the trap is taken correctly when it exits.

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Govind N. Kamat				College of Engineering
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