#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Win32::API; use POSIX qw(strftime); use Data::Dumper; my $GetLastInputInfo = Win32::API->new("user32.dll",'GetLastInputInfo','P','I'); my $GetTickCount = Win32::API->new("kernel32.dll",'GetTickCount','','I'); sub get_user_idle_time { my $buffer = pack "VV", 8,0; $GetLastInputInfo->Call($buffer) or die "Couldn't call GetLastInputInfo: $^E"; my ($size,$time) = unpack "VV", $buffer; my $now = $GetTickCount->Call; # Adjust time to return a reference in seconds return int (($now-$time) / 1000); }; while (1) { print strftime( "Idle since %M:%S\n", localtime(get_user_idle_time)); sleep(2); };