Paul A wrote on Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:12:06 -0400:
> If I create a file ~/.bash_logout file it gets executed when the user logs
> out but when I create a system wide /etc/bash_logout it doesn't work.
>
> Not what the issue is since I couldn't find anything on that.
AFAIK, there is no basic mechanism that tells to read /etc/bash_whatever for
each user. For instance if you look in the default ~/.bashrc you will see
that:
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
You have to do it the same way with bash_logout.
Kai
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