John Doe wrote:
From: Janez Kosmrlj postnalista@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...
A 'trap 0' statement in the user's .profile or .bash_profile should also be executed as the login shell terminates.