Re: Is it possible to timeout 4GL?

We had this problem before also on our AIX box, but rather that look to code to fix the problem, we used our UNIX knowledge. In the users .profile files, rather than just fglgo'ing the program, we exec fglgo the program. This lets the kill signals get to through when a user disconnects abruptly. If this is not acceptable, another solution is to write a shell script that kill process that have been sitting for X number of minutes, using the who -u command to provide the list of inactive users. Then running the script every so often using cron. By the way, talk to your UNIX system administrator? This is really his/her problem, not the Informix Applications problem. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Watje SPAMIS Data Center paulw@spamis.jcdc.eta.gov Largest Informix Shop Voice: (800) 598-5008 in San Marcos, TX FAX: (512) 396-6600 On Wed, 13 Jul 1994, John Powell wrote: } } Hello, } We are looking for a way to timeout 4GL programs when there is no terminal } response after n minutes. The problem we are having is as follows: } Users are running 4GL programs on our HP9000. They are accessing the } 9000 from their PC's using a terminal emulator which starts up a telnet } session on the 9000. The problem arises when users turn off their PC's without } exiting the 4GL application - all the 9000 processes stick around until we } kill them or the system is rebooted. The processes invoked are (in this } order) telnetd, ksh, fglgo, sqlturbo. The processes aren't doing anything in } themselves but they are taking up process slots that cause us to exceed the } number of informix users I configured informix for, to exceed the number of } terminal sessions configured for the system, exceed the number of users } configured in UNIX, etc. All these problems prevent more users from } logging in and doing work. Any solutions? Firing the offending users is NOT } an option - that is not the HP Way! :-) Also, there is no way to time out } the telnetd process as it must wait until its children processes die before } ending. } } I have written 3GL programs in the past and always included a call to time } out when there is no response from the terminal after so many minutes. Is } there any way to do this in 4GL? If other people have run into this problem, } what have you done? } } Informix details: } - OnLine 5.02.UC1 } - 4GL RDS 4.11.UC4 } - HP9000 S897, HPUX 9.04 } } All replys will be appreciated! } } } ________________________________________________________________________ } | John Powell | } | Hewlett-Packard Company Phone: 503-715-8389 | } | Inkjet Supplies Business Unit Fax: 503-715-2283 | } | 1040 NE Circle Blvd. E-mail: jpowell@cv.hp.com | } | Corvallis, OR 97330-4200 | } | MS: 633A | } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ }