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|Full description=Spinner keeps telnet and ssh links from dropping due to inactivity. Many firewalls and some ISPs drop connections when they are perceived as idle. Spinner acts as a keep-alive by constantly sending a tiny amount of data over the link, preserving the connection. It displays a little "spinning" ASCII character in the top left corner of your terminal. It can also be activated with the -n switch so that, instead of displaying a spinner, it simply sends out a periodic null character to the terminal. It supports any terminal capable of handling VT100-style escape codes. It also has a mode called "Ghost in the Machine" mode, which you can use to write the spinner character to ANY tty, not just your own. | |Full description=Spinner keeps telnet and ssh links from dropping due to inactivity. Many firewalls and some ISPs drop connections when they are perceived as idle. Spinner acts as a keep-alive by constantly sending a tiny amount of data over the link, preserving the connection. It displays a little "spinning" ASCII character in the top left corner of your terminal. It can also be activated with the -n switch so that, instead of displaying a spinner, it simply sends out a periodic null character to the terminal. It supports any terminal capable of handling VT100-style escape codes. It also has a mode called "Ghost in the Machine" mode, which you can use to write the spinner character to ANY tty, not just your own. | ||
| + | |Homepage URL=http://www.laffeycomputer.com/spinner.html | ||
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|Computer languages=C | |Computer languages=C | ||
|Documentation note=User README included | |Documentation note=User README included | ||
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| − | | | + | |Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No |
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|Related projects=Autossh,ConnMon | |Related projects=Autossh,ConnMon | ||
|Keywords=SSH,monitoring,connection,escape,telnet,interruption,keep-alive | |Keywords=SSH,monitoring,connection,escape,telnet,interruption,keep-alive | ||
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|Version identifier=1.2.4 | |Version identifier=1.2.4 | ||
|Version date=2003-02-18 | |Version date=2003-02-18 | ||
|Version status=stable | |Version status=stable | ||
|Version download=http://downloads.laffeycomputer.com/current_builds/spinner/spinner-current.tar.gz | |Version download=http://downloads.laffeycomputer.com/current_builds/spinner/spinner-current.tar.gz | ||
| + | |Version comment=1.2.4 stable released 2003-02-18 | ||
| + | |Test entry=No | ||
| + | |Last review by=Bendikker | ||
| + | |Last review date=2018/04/17 | ||
| + | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
| + | |Is GNU=No | ||
| + | |License verified date=2003-01-28 | ||
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| + | |License=GPLv2 | ||
| + | |License verified by=Janet Casey | ||
|License verified date=2003-01-28 | |License verified date=2003-01-28 | ||
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{{Person | {{Person | ||
| + | |Real name=Joe Laffey | ||
|Role=Maintainer | |Role=Maintainer | ||
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|Email=joe@laffeycomputer.com | |Email=joe@laffeycomputer.com | ||
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| + | |Resource audience=Python (Ref) | ||
| + | |Resource URL=https://pypi.org/project/spinner | ||
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| + | |Resource audience=Ruby (Ref) | ||
| + | |Resource URL=https://rubygems.org/gems/spinner | ||
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| + | |Resource audience=Debian (Ref) | ||
| + | |Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/spinner | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:03, 17 April 2018
Spinner
http://www.laffeycomputer.com/spinner.html
Keeps telnet and ssh links from dropping
Spinner keeps telnet and ssh links from dropping due to inactivity. Many firewalls and some ISPs drop connections when they are perceived as idle. Spinner acts as a keep-alive by constantly sending a tiny amount of data over the link, preserving the connection. It displays a little "spinning" ASCII character in the top left corner of your terminal. It can also be activated with the -n switch so that, instead of displaying a spinner, it simply sends out a periodic null character to the terminal. It supports any terminal capable of handling VT100-style escape codes. It also has a mode called "Ghost in the Machine" mode, which you can use to write the spinner character to ANY tty, not just your own.
Download
http://downloads.laffeycomputer.com/current_builds/spinner/spinner-current.tar.gz
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Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Joe Laffey | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby (Ref) | https://rubygems.org/gems/spinner | |
| Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | mailto:software@laffeycomputer.com | |
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/spinner | |
| Python (Ref) | https://pypi.org/project/spinner |
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