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04-23-2011

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Making a tasklog script {SOLVED}

I am trying to create a program called tasklog that integrates with one of my online accounts, to keep track of what tasks I have been working on.
On login, I'd like it to display (up to) the five most recent entries, then ask me what I plan to work on during the new session. I then will type an answer, which will be stored in the log.

Example:
When I log in, I would like to be presented with the following:

--- tasklog ---
Hi,(name here).
The most recent task log entries are: (Up to five log entries printed here, in descending order of date.)
*** What do you plan to work on during this session? ***
At this point, I would like to enter a one-line description of what I will be working on, e.g.
Trying to get this task done, already!
After typing in my entry, it should be logged to the log file with date included, as in the examples below.
Then my script will just say:
Thanks!
, and I will be dropped at the command line.

Couple of specifics:

Write the script in file ~/bin/tasklog
Modify startup scripts so that tasklog will run immediately before I am presented with a command line.
The script needs to store log entries in file ~/.tasklog

If anyone could help me to make such a script that allows for this type of logging, I would be most grateful. Thanks to any and all who read this.

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pam_lastlog

PAM_LASTLOG(8)							 Linux-PAM Manual						    PAM_LASTLOG(8)

NAME

       pam_lastlog - PAM module to display date of last login

SYNOPSIS

       pam_lastlog.so [debug] [silent] [never] [nodate] [nohost] [noterm] [nowtmp] [noupdate] [showfailed]

DESCRIPTION

       pam_lastlog is a PAM module to display a line of information about the last login of the user. In addition, the module maintains the
       /var/log/lastlog file.

       Some applications may perform this function themselves. In such cases, this module is not necessary.

OPTIONS

       debug
	   Print debug information.

       silent
	   Don't inform the user about any previous login, just update the /var/log/lastlog file.

       never
	   If the /var/log/lastlog file does not contain any old entries for the user, indicate that the user has never previously logged in with
	   a welcome message.

       nodate
	   Don't display the date of the last login.

       noterm
	   Don't display the terminal name on which the last login was attempted.

       nohost
	   Don't indicate from which host the last login was attempted.

       nowtmp
	   Don't update the wtmp entry.

       noupdate
	   Don't update any file.

       showfailed
	   Display number of failed login attempts and the date of the last failed attempt from btmp. The date is not displayed when nodate is
	   specified.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

       Only the session module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES

       PAM_SUCCESS
	   Everything was successful.

       PAM_SERVICE_ERR
	   Internal service module error.

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
	   User not known.

EXAMPLES

       Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to display the last login time of an user:

	       session	required  pam_lastlog.so nowtmp

FILES

       /var/log/lastlog
	   Lastlog logging file

SEE ALSO

       pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)

AUTHOR

       pam_lastlog was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.

Linux-PAM Manual						    06/04/2011							    PAM_LASTLOG(8)

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