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From: connet@castor.usc.edu (David Connet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: .logout for ksh?
Keywords: .logout, KSH, help!!!
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Date: 3 Oct 88 15:56:09 GMT
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In article <415@motbos.UUCP> artp@motbos.UUCP (Art Parmet) writes:
>In your /etc/profile file add the following entry:
># run special program at logoff time
>trap "/local/bin/logoff" 0
>
>The file /local/bin/logoff (or whatever you choose to run) will be run when the
>parent shell of the user sesion dies.
>
>Regards,
>Art

Ummm, you had better add an exit in the trap, or after executing
/local/bin/logoff, you get your prompt back.

This is what I do:
	trap "logout;clear;exit" 0 3

logout is a shell script in my $HOME/bin that checks the existence
of $HOME/.logout.  It then dots that file.

Dave Connet