On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 08:37:42PM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 10:26:27AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > possible to run a command after a certain number of minutes where no > > keys have been pressed? Like the gnome screen saver, except for the > > console. I want to be able to run vlock after say 15 minutes with no one > > pressing anything on the keyboard. > > > > Thanks! > > I don't know where to get that information, the time since last keypress, > but my guess is that it's probably somewhere in the /proc/ filesystem.
Ok. > If you can find it there, then come up with a command, e.g., using grep > or awk, to check for the condition you're interested in and do something. > Invoke that every minute or so via cron, perhaps in a wrapper script. Not hard, just finding the info is the tricky bit... :) > > You might try google for resolving or at least hinting at questions > like this. Just describe your query very briefly at www.google.com. > Include terms like linux or debian to help narrow it down if necessary. I have, not much info around really, but will keep searching. Perhaps when I complete my python book I'll just write a program do do this... Run as a daemon, listen for a key press, if key press then reset timer. If timer gets above user.preference_timer os.system(run) or something along those lines. A lot more code than that though! > Try it; it's quite an amazing resource. ;-) It is... :) > > Ken > Daniel.
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