Re: dot bash_logout

Johannes Altmanninger <[email protected]> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:40:54 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.window-managers.ratpoison.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Dieter Van Eessen <[email protected]> writes:

>  if [ -z "$DISPLAY"] && [ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]; then
>      exec startx
>  fi
...
>
> -Why shutting down the X-server result in logging off? Xserver is 'just a
> program' started when logging in, why don't I return to the tty console
> where I am logged in?

From the exec man page:

If exec is specified with command, it shall replace the shell with com‐
mand without creating a new process.

So if you use 'exec startx', the shell process is replaced by startx,
therefore the .bash_logout is never executed. It should work if you omit
the 'exec'.

Regards,
Johannes

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