Exit or logout

kinai · #1 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008

When I want to close my session I can use exit or logout, and a lot of manuals use both of them indistinctly. So, Is there any difference between exit or logout?? Or are both of them exactly the same command??

I forgot to mention that I am using a RedHat Unix.

Thanks for your help.

Kinai.

Dave Miller · #2 (**permalink**) 04-14-2008

Hmmm.... This is curious.

I never knew about logout.

On my system (aix running ksh), I have a man entry for logout, which indicates the command resides at /usr/bin/logout, but I don't have a man entry for exit, nor does a which exit find the command.

The man entry for logout also indicates:
Purpose
Stops all processes on a port.
Only fear of the unknown repercusions prevents me from entering logout to see what would happen...

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