CentOS - Nov 2009 - run script on logout

Does anyone have an idea how to run a script when the user logs out.

I tried puting the command in the .bash_logout file, but it doesnt work.

Thanx

Janez
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2009/11/13 Janez Kosmrlj <postnalista at
googlemail.com>:
> Does anyone have an idea how to run a script when the user logs out.
>
> I tried puting the command in the .bash_logout file, but it doesnt work.
Of course, that's only going to work if the user is using bash as
their shell. But, given that proviso, that's the right way to do it.

Is anything in .bash_logout being called?

Dave...

From: Janez Kosmrlj <postnalista at
googlemail.com>
>Does anyone have an idea how to run a script when the user logs out.
>I tried puting the command in the .bash_logout file, but it doesnt work.
bash man:
       A  login shell is one whose first character of argument zero is a -, or
       one started with the --login option.
       ...
       When  a  login  shell  exits, bash reads and executes commands from the
       file ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.

So, if you run bash and exit, it won't be executed.
If you run bash --login and exit, it will be executed...

Also from the man:
       ~/.bash_profile
              The personal initialization file, executed for login shells
       ~/.bashrc
              The individual per-interactive-shell startup file

In gnome terminal, there is an option in the profile to force it to a login
shell...

JD

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Janez Kosmrlj wrote:
> Does anyone have an idea how to run a script when the user logs out.
same answer as last week: check out inotify

-- Russ herrold