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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: .logout functionality using ksh <was: A few questions>
Message-ID: <175@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 90 15:31:38 GMT
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fenn@wpi.WPI.EDU (Brian Fennell) writes:

>There was a question about .logout for bash... any idea how to fudge
>it with ksh?

	The approach I've used successfully involves trapping the logout
signal (signal 0). Example:

		trap 'tput clear; exit' EXIT

	I use this under SCO and ISC UNIX, among others. On some systems,
the EXIT reference is not recognized, so use 0 instead.