[Bug 957303] [NEW] TMOUT hardly exiting regardless of user input activity

[molostoff]

Public bug reported:

When a TMOUT variable is set (in my case = 300), command line input
activity in readline does not affect timer, and bash is continuing to
decrease time counter, and when timer expires just terminates while I
type a command. It is very frustrating! More over - it is very
inconvenient to use TMOUT in interactive input.

>From man page: In an interactive shell, the value is interpreted as the
number  of  seconds  to wait for input after issuing the primary prompt.
Bash terminates after waiting for that number of seconds if input does
not arrive.

I suppose that intended behavior is to reset timer to initial value when
an input activity is detected (e.g. user started typing command, e.g.
providing input), because TMOUT refers to an input, and not a complete
command, or whatever else.

** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  TMOUT hardly exiting regardless of user input activity

Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When a TMOUT variable is set (in my case = 300), command line input
  activity in readline does not affect timer, and bash is continuing to
  decrease time counter, and when timer expires just terminates while I
  type a command. It is very frustrating! More over - it is very
  inconvenient to use TMOUT in interactive input.

  From man page: In an interactive shell, the value is interpreted as
  the number  of  seconds  to wait for input after issuing the primary
  prompt. Bash terminates after waiting for that number of seconds if
  input does not arrive.

  I suppose that intended behavior is to reset timer to initial value
  when an input activity is detected (e.g. user started typing command,
  e.g. providing input), because TMOUT refers to an input, and not a
  complete command, or whatever else.

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