Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Brian Jones Cc: Cygwin Subject: RE: bash window timeout? Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:26:53 -0500 Message-ID: <000c01bf3a97$50292650$effcf584@rtp-cbjones.corpeast.baynetworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 In-Reply-To: <001601bf3a93$0b4ca880$8400000a@costa.cadenet.com.br> Thanks, that was indeed the problem. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Andre Oliveira da Costa [mailto:costa AT cade DOT com DOT br] > Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 12:56 PM > To: Brian Jones > Cc: Cygwin > Subject: RE: bash window timeout? > > > The environment var TMOUT is probably set with a value >0 on > your system. > From bash manpage (section "Shell Variables"): > > TMOUT If set to a value greater than zero, the value is > interpreted as the number of seconds to wait for > input after issuing the primary prompt. Bash ter > minates after waiting for that number of seconds if > input does not arrive. > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com