Shell Programming and Scripting

I have added script command to the .profile of the id, whose session needs to be captured. When exit command is issued, the script command exits.
Is there a way to exit the parent shell also - and log off the system completely with one exit command?

Start the script with exec.

Regards

I am also executing a mail command after the script in the .profile, to send the output of script to the management - more like an audit report.
When exec is used, I find the mail is not sent. Gets terminated. Can someone please help.

Why don't you place an exit command after the mail command?

try this in the .profile:

Code:

. the_script

and then this should work in the_script:

Code:

date | mailx me
exit

oh.... and there may be something else wrong with the script?

I did this - exec script....in .profile, then placed a mail command and then an exit. There also, when I type an exit, the parent process exits, no mail is being sent.
I removed the exec and tried the same thing. The system just hangs when i type an exit.
Please help!!!

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Where do I execute the script command in the .profile? Should I be doing an exec script before executing the_script? Kindly help.

Nothing after the exec happens because the exec command tells the shell to replace itself with the new command.