Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:02:51 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: questions at FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sh(1) equivalent to bash(1)'s $HOME/.bash_logout? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208091101480.10214-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20020809144240.GA3773@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 09:42:40 -0500 > From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> > To: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> > Cc: questions at FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Re: sh(1) equivalent to bash(1)'s $HOME/.bash_logout? > > In the last episode (Aug 09), D J Hawkey Jr said: > > 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? > > Nope. Why not start/stop fetchmail in your ppp startup/shutdown > scripts instead? > > > It looks as though csh(1) parallels bash(1)'s functionality, but with > > different dot files. > > > > Please mail me directly, as I'm not subscribed to this list. Thanks, > > That's standard procedure. > > -- I think /bin/sh uses .login and .profile on the way 'in' and .logout on the way out. I put "clear" in .logout of my root account and it works fine. /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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