Sounds like the HPTIMEOUT doesn't work for a session that is sitting
idle in a program, which seems to me to be more likely that sitting at a
CI prompt.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Chris Bartram
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 8:45 AM
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> Subject: Re: Idle Logoffs
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> How about just setting hptimeout in a udc or something?
>
> :help hptimeout
> HPTIMEOUT   A variable used by the CI that lets a user set timed CI
>             reads on $STDIN. A positive value indicates the number
>             of minutes the CI waits for input.  If a timed CI read
>             expires, the session is logged off.  The initial value
>             is zero, which means no timed reads.  Type= W I PL
>
>   -Chris (remove nospam) Bartram
>