To kill a modem...

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From: Christian
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 07:03

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Question for all you wise people-

Is there an easy way to hang up on a modem if there is more than x minutes of
idle time? I don't want to write a c program... it seems you could just have
cron do its thing every 15 minutes or so, and reset ttya if its idle > hour.

Any hints?

-Chris

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Message-ID: <1992Dec27.010353.13086@doug.cae.wisc.edu>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zazen!doug.cae.wisc.edu!castlab!chris

References: <BETSYS.92Dec20124025@ra.cs.umb.edu> <1992Dec27.005926.12997@doug.cae.wisc.edu>

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From: chris@castlab.uucp (Christian)
Subject: To kill a modem...
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
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Date: 27 Dec 92 01:03:53 CST
Message-ID: <1992Dec27.010353.13086@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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