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From: msb@cbnewsh.att.com (michael.s.balenger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: .logout functionality using ksh <was: A few questions>
Message-ID: <1990Dec21.210939.25607@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 21 Dec 90 21:09:39 GMT
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Reply-To: msb@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger)
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In-Reply-To: ar@mcdd1's message of 21 Dec 90 15:38:49 GMT

>>>>> On 21 Dec 90 15:38:49 GMT, ar@mcdd1 (Alastair Rae) said:

ar> I get .logout in ksh by the following --

ar> 	alias exit='[ -f ~/.logout ] && . ~/.logout; exit'
ar> 	ENV=$HOME/.kshrc
ar> 	set -o ignoreeof


ar> OK, so I have to type 'exit' to log off but I can still use ^D in
ar> sub shells.

I use the following.  It works for ^D or "exit".

#================================================================
#	logout stuff
#________________________________________________________________
if tty -s
then trap ". $HOME/.logout; exit" EXIT
else trap ". $HOME/.logout >/dev/null 2>&1; exit" EXIT
fi


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