Pre-Logout Script

[Erik Habicht]

Hi Mike,

this sound like an interesting solution. I never heard about 'trap'. Now 
i know it. :-) But how can i ensure that the trap trigger before the 
vmplayer get the SIPHUP signal?

Best regards,
   erik

On 18.11.2012 17:18, Mike Perry wrote:
> 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.
>
> /*
>  * Mike Perry
>  * mike at cogsmos.com <mailto:mike at cogsmos.com>
>  */
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Tim <tim at xendistar.co.uk 
> <mailto: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> <mailto: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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