how to execute a program/script automatically after a successful login

[Nix, Robert P.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dave Roberts [SMTP:ldave at droberts.com]
> Sent:	Friday, December 12, 2003 11:54 PM
> To:	fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject:	Re: how to execute a program/script automatically after a successful     login
> 
> 
> Is there a way to run a similar script when I do a logout? It seems odd
> that you can start something but not necessarily shut it down cleanly.
> 
> -- 
> Dave Roberts <ldave at droberts.com>
> 
Funny you should ask:

When bash exits, it looks for the script ~/.bash_logout, and runs it if it exists.