Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!mende From: mende@athos.rutgers.edu (Bob Mende Pie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Bash and .logout : Are they compatible? Message-ID: Date: 11 Dec 90 15:24:04 GMT References: <9012092055.AA04975@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> Organization: Yows `R' us Lines: 16 daffner@ecn.purdue.edu (Lawrence R. Daffner) writes: > Does anyone know if there is a way to force bash to source the .logout >file on exit from the login shell. If it is supposed to do so, any clue why >it doesn't. I would prefer to still be able to use ^D to logout.I could alias >logout to ". .logout;\logout", but would ^D use this alias, or just log me out, >no questions asked? Bash will execute the contents of ~/.bash_logout. Put this in your home directory and enjoy. -- /Bob... {...}!rutgers!mende mende@cs.rutgers.edu mende@zodiac.bitnet