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

[thomas.e.lowe]

>trap $HOME/.logout 0
 
>This says "when you receive signal 0 (logout), execute $HOME/.logout".
>So my .logout file is executed when I logout from ksh as well as
>from csh.

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?

Thanks!
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