<0> eherm heck, sure that is <1> rue_work: Indeed -- it's what I use though :)
<0> well if it works then atleast we know it is a timeout <0> you know though <0> its better to do <0> while echo -ne '.\b `date`'; do sleep 30; done; <0> er <0> what? <1> rue_work: That leaves spam on the screen... it's more useful for figuring when the connection died, though...
<1> writing the date to a log might file might be a better alternative. <0> while echo -e "\b `date`"; do sleep 30; done; <0> hmmm <1> Hey Blis***