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From: rjd@occrsh.ATT.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Using 'exit' in a Bourne shell scri
Message-ID: <144800024@occrsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 Feb 88 21:00:00 GMT
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Nf-From: occrsh.ATT.COM!rjd    Feb  4 15:00:00 1988


>>>I would like to have my users logout via a shell script "off" rather
>>>than with ^d.  The script I wrote is very simple, but 'exit' has no
>>>effect. ...
>> 
>> 	trap '$HOME/.logout' 0
>
>As you mentioned, exit will only get you out of the script, not the
>enwrapped shell.  I've always had good luck with:
>
>	kill -9 0
>
>in a shell script.  This is a bit rough (as it kills ALL programs associated
>with the terminal, including background ones), but it has to be since a
>normal kill is ignored by the shell.  I'm sure there is a better way, too...

  It can be dangerous if root uses a 'kill -? 0'.....

On the subject of "stty 0" - It is *supposed* to do a hangup and other things,
but in some instances it locks up the terminal driver device (at least on some
systems...)

Randy