start script during log off

jpostma · 07-20-2007, 04:35 AM

I have two harddisks. During log off I want to automatically copy some files from the first disk to the second for backup purposes. I have a script for this. I want that the script is executed during log off. Has someone an idea how I can do this?

druuna · 07-20-2007, 04:56 AM

Hi,

Assuming that you are talking about a user that logs out and that you use bash: Take a look at: ~/.bash_logout
Bash executes commands in this file after a user logs out.
Man bash (INVOCATION part) for details.

Hope this helps.

synapse · 07-20-2007, 05:18 AM

as root

add the command to copy
to the rc.shutdown script

jpostma · 07-20-2007, 05:35 AM

Thanks for your quick replies.

titopoquito · 07-20-2007, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by synapse

as root

add the command to copy
to the rc.shutdown script

Are you sure it should not be named rc.local_shutdown? I never heard of your interesting tipp and did a quick grep on the rc.d scripts, but only rc.local_shutdown is shown ...

druuna · 07-20-2007, 05:40 AM

Hi,

rc.shutdown is BSD style init (will work for slackware). Fedora uses the SysV init, rc.shutdown is not a part of that.

Hope this clears things up.

jpostma · 07-20-2007, 01:26 PM

I have created a file .bash_logout in the root directory. I'm always logged on as root. The file isn't executed.
The contents is:

--------------
# .bash_logout
cp -r /root/* /usr/local/backup/root
clear
--------------

Any idea why it's not executed during logoff?

druuna · 07-20-2007, 04:43 PM

Hi,

Only thing I can come up with: .bash_logout is only executed if the shell started is a login shell. But you state that you are always logged on as root. Is this an automatically started X session (init 5) or a command line session (init 3)?
The latter (init 3) should normally be a login shell and all should be working. Some distro's don't give root a login shell when starting a X session, which could explain why .bash_logout is not executed.

Not much to go on, but I hope it helps.