Or you could use: $ nice -n 19 top -d 60 or: $ nice -n 19 procinfo -f -n 60 to display some info while you're "keeping alive". >>> Clay Fandre <clay at fandre.com> 01/20/04 10:43AM >>> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Scot Jenkins wrote: > could also be a firewall timing things out in between client/server. > I have this problem with a Netgear wireless router that drops NAT'd > connections after 6 hrs, even though they are active established > connections. Debian has a "ProtocolKeepAlives" option (man ssh_config) > which should help this although it hasn't worked so far with my Netgear. > And if you aren't running debian, you can use spinner. http://www.gnu.org/directory/sysadmin/hookup/spinner.html _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list