Pre-Logout Script

[Mike Perry]

How about adding a script to your startup that traps SIGHUP and just hangs
out until it gets the signal. The trap could call your logout script.

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 * Mike Perry
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On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Tim <tim at xendistar.co.uk> wrote:

> On 18/11/12 11:57, Erik Habicht wrote:
>
>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Tim <tim at xendistar.co.uk <mailto:
>> tim at xendistar.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 17/11/12 20:32, Erik Habicht wrote:
>>
>>         Hi List,
>>
>>         is there a way to run a Script before logout?
>>
>>         I use the vmplayer and every time i forget to shutdown or
>>         suspend the virtual machine before logout it get -KILLed. I
>>         think it's like turn off your PC by pulling the power plug.
>>
>>         I wrote a script that send kill -TERM to the vmplayer and wait
>>         until the vmplayer disappear from the process list. Now i need
>>         to run the Script before logout.
>>
>>         Maybe someone can help me with this problem.
>>
>>         Best regards,
>>            eriK
>>
>>     Cant you put the scripts in /etc/rc0.d (for shutdown) and
>>     /etc/rc6.d (for reboots)
>>
>>
>> Thank you, but that's executes to late. All windows are already closed at
>> this moment.
>>
>>
>>     I am only asking as I don't know the answer but if I was wanting
>>     to run a script that where I would start?
>>
>>
>>  Could not simply add the shutdown\reboot command to the end your script
> and go from there? Although I guess that is more of a work around than
> solving your original problem
>
> Tim
>
>
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