| Port details |
- spinner Keep ssh and telnet connections from dropping due to inactivity
- 1.2.4 sysutils
 =5      1.2.4Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - There is no maintainer for this port.
- Any concerns regarding this port should be directed to the FreeBSD Ports mailing list via ports@FreeBSD.org
- Port Added: 2003-01-08 11:52:06
- Last Update: 2022-09-08 15:46:38
- Commit Hash: ade2a04
- People watching this port, also watch:: sudo, lynx, nmap, libgd, screen
- License: not specified in port
- WWW:
- http://www.laffeycomputer.com/spinner.html
- Description:
- Spinner is a small program that displays a little "spinning" ASCII
character in the top left corner of your terminal. To make this effect
it cycles through punctuation marks like this " - \ | / - \ | / ... "
(try it to see). By default the character is drawn in inverse video
(or your terminal's equivalent). But you can turn this off with the -i
switch. It supports any terminal capable of handling VT100 style escape codes.
Spinner is useful for keeping telnet and ssh links from dropping due to
inactivity. Many firewalls, and some ISPs drop connections when they are
perceived as idle. By having spinner running the server is constantly
sending a tiny amount of data over the link, preserving the connection.
Thus (for search engines) Spinner is an anti-dle, timeout preventing,
background daemon process for Unix variants including Linux.
- Michael L. Hostbaek
mich@FreeBSD.org
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - Dependency lines:
-
- spinner>0:sysutils/spinner
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/sysutils/spinner/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install sysutils/spinner
- pkg install spinner
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: spinner
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- SHA256 (spinner-1.2.4.tar.gz) = 13419c4410db739020532e0628e1b6f7321db102739f3b1b88f105b29a2fcbb2
SIZE (spinner-1.2.4.tar.gz) = 76501
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- This port has no dependencies.
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for spinner-1.2.4:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- sysutils_spinner
- FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
- Master Sites:
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| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
|---|
1.2.4
08 Sep 2022 15:46:38
 |
Stefan Eßer (se) |
Remove WWW lines that have been moved into Makefiles
Approved by: portmgr (implicit) |
1.2.4
08 Sep 2022 15:43:21
|
Stefan Eßer (se) |
Move more WWW entries from pkg-descr files into Makefiles
The WWW: lines in the pkg-descr files of these ports where not at the
end of those files and have been missed in prior conversion runs.
Approved by: portmgr (implicit) |
1.2.4
20 Jul 2022 14:23:05
|
Tobias C. Berner (tcberner) |
sysutils: remove 'Created by' lines
A big Thank You to the original contributors of these ports:
* <jsmith@resonatingmedia.com>
* Aaron Dalton <aaron@FreeBSD.org>
* Aaron Landwehr <aaron@snaphat.com>
* Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org>
* Adrian Chadd
* Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>
* Akinori MUSHA aka knu <knu@idaemons.org>
* Alan Eldridge <alane@FreeBSD.org>
* Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>
* Aldis Berjoza <aldis@bsdroot.lv>
* Alex Deiter <alex.deiter@gmail.com> (Only the first 15 lines of the commit message are shown above  ) |
1.2.4
02 May 2022 11:06:43
|
Rene Ladan (rene) |
grimreaper: return mich's ports to the pool after safekeeping his ports bit. |
1.2.4
06 Apr 2021 14:31:07
|
Mathieu Arnold (mat) |
Remove # $FreeBSD$ from Makefiles. |
1.2.4
19 May 2016 10:53:06
 |
amdmi3 |
- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-descrs, categories [p-x]*
Approved by: portmgr blanket |
1.2.4
20 Sep 2015 21:12:21
|
olgeni |
Typos, whitespace and capitalization fixes (S-X). |
1.2.4
22 Nov 2014 09:13:36
|
antoine |
Cleanup plist |
1.2.4
16 Jul 2014 03:18:26
|
adamw |
Add DOCS option where PORTDOCS is in plist. |
1.2.4
25 Feb 2014 15:23:54
|
ehaupt |
Support staging |
1.2.4
20 Sep 2013 23:06:00
|
bapt |
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
sysutils) |
1.2.4
19 Mar 2011 12:38:54
|
miwi |
- Get Rid MD5 support |
1.2.4
24 Jan 2006 01:06:45
|
edwin |
SHA256ify
Approved by: krion@ |
1.2.4
18 Mar 2004 09:56:10
|
mich |
- SIZEify.
Submitted by: trevor |
1.2.4
07 May 2003 11:37:57
|
mich |
Change maintainer email to my @FreeBSD.org address
Approved by: roberto(mentor) |
1.2.4
24 Feb 2003 16:41:56
|
leeym |
update to spinner-1.2.4
PR: 48633
Submitted by: Michael L. Hostbaek <mich@freebsdcluster.org> |
1.2.2
21 Feb 2003 13:28:59
|
knu |
De-pkg-comment. |
1.2.2
10 Feb 2003 23:23:00
|
dannyboy |
Update to 1.2.2.
PR: 47837
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.1
08 Jan 2003 11:50:15
|
arved |
Add spinner, a small util that draws a spinning ASCII character to keep ssh and
telnet connections from dropping due to inactivity.
PR: 46289
Submitted by: Michael L. Hostbaek <mich@freebsdcluster.org> |
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