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On Tue, 18 May 2010, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg-fCu/yNAGv6M at public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> >> Further search on google suggests the only way to accomplish this is to >> write a cron job that periodically consults the "w" command for idle times. >> Apparently the powers that be think that an unexpected shutdown might cause >> violence to a running process, and have elected not to make it readily >> available. > > "w" only reports on applications that use a terminal or pty. GUI > programs aren't considered. According to "w", > my system has been idle for 2:15 seconds while I was writing this response. :-) OK, I will give up on this one. This wasn't on the agency list of mandatory requirements for us but I do worry a little bit that the inspector might drop by unanounced and find the unattended computer left turned on - which would be a problem for us. > > Bill Bogstad >
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