monitor hours

[Erez D]

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hello
>
> many times i want to know what hour i started working and what hour i ended
> e.g. when i need to submit an hour report at the end of the month.
>
> i usually keep an hours file, but many times i forget to update it
>
> i am looking for a way to monitor the activity on my computer (i usually
> use it via vnc)
> maybe let the screensaver log when it started and when it ends, so i have
> a rough estimate of the hours i was working on the computer
> note that many times my vnc session stays open , so looking for login log
> will not help ...
>
>
i though about using xev to monitor events, and deduce from that.
however xev detects event only on one window. i tried to monitor the root
winodow but all events where already captued by forground windows


>
> anyone has an idea how to do that ?
>
> thanks,
> erez.
>
>
>
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