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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How can i TRAP a user Logout action? Post 303002127 by mohtashims on Friday 18th of August 2017 06:14:57 AM
Old 08-18-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by apmcd47
Try adding:
Code:
trap 'source ~/.bash_logout' exit

in your .bash_profile file. This will force the .bash_logout file to be sourced every time you exit.

Andrew
Thank you. After implementing your suggestion it works no matter how you close the session.Smilie
 

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