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Date:      Fri, 9 Aug 2002 08:07:42 -0500
From:      D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>
To:        questions at FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: sh(1) equivalent to bash(1)'s $HOME/.bash_logout?
Message-ID:  <20020809080742.A49115@sheol.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20020809125305.GE389@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>; from neuhauser@bellavista.cz on Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 02:53:05PM %2B0200
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On Aug 09, at 02:53 PM, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 07:40:40 -0500
> > From: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>
> > 
> > On Aug 09, at 02:36 PM, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > > > Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 07:18:25 -0500
> > > > From: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>
> > > > 
> > > > In $HOME/.bash_profile, I start fetchmail in daemon mode if certain
> > > > requirements are met, and in $HOME/.bash_logout, I stop fetchmail
> > > > (again, if certain requirements are met).
> > > > 
> > > > I would like to move this functionality to $HOME/.profile and, um,
> > > > "what", I don't know, so it also works under sh(1). It's that "what"
> > > > that eludes me; is there a sh(1) equivalent to bash(1)'s
> > > > $HOME/.bash_logout?
> > 
> > sh(1)'s. As I wrote, csh(1) has bash(1)'s functionality.
> 
>     do you really use sh as your shell?? i mean, it's fine for scripts,
>     but for interactive use?

Nope. I use bash (ksh, on one system). But as bash sources sh's startup
files if it doesn't find it's own, I'd like my fragments available to all
these shells.

Back to the topic: A sh(1)-supported logout script? The man page doesn't
mention one.

Dave

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