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Operating Systems Linux What happens when user logout? Post 302195795 by jim mcnamara on Friday 16th of May 2008 02:20:59 AM
Old 05-16-2008
if you source a shell script that has the exit keyword in it, your process ends and you have to login again. No regular user command, like ls, awk, etc. will do that.

Code:
# sourcing a script note the leading dot
. myscript
# sourcing a script on linux - you can do this as well as the dot notation
source myscript
# this will not log you out
myscript

The only other command that can remove your process is
Code:
kill $$

and some oither variations of kill. Any script with the kill $$ command in it will end when the kill command is executed. Then you have to login again.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUSE

xfce4-session-logout

xfce4-session-logout(1) 				      General Commands Manual					   xfce4-session-logout(1)

NAME

       xfce4-session-logout - Logs out from Xfce

SYNOPSIS

       xfce4-session-logout

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the xfce4-session-logout command.

       The  xfce4-session-logout  command allows you to programmatically logout from your Xfce session. It requests the session manager to display
       the logout confirmation screen, or, if given one of the command-line options below, causes the session manager to take the requested action
       immediately.

OPTIONS

       xfce4-session-logout takes the following command line options:

       --logout
	      Log out without displaying the logout dialog.

       --halt Halt without displaing the logout dialog.

       --reboot
	      Reboot without displaying the logout dialog.

       --suspend
	      Suspend without displaying the logout dialog.

       --hibernate
	      Hibernate without displaying the logout dialog.

       --fast Do a fast shutdown.  This instructs the session manager not to save the session, but instead to quit everything quickly.

       --help Print a help screen and exit.

       --version
	      Output version information and exit.

AUTHOR

       xfce4-session-logout and this manual page were written by Brian Tarricone <kelnos@xfce.org> and Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org> as part of
       the Xfce project.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to http://bugzilla.xfce.org/.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2004 Benedikt Meurer.
       Copyright (C) 2008 Brian Tarricone.

								    Oct 7, 2008 					   xfce4-session-logout(1)
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