Solaris

.bash_logout not invoked in CDE

Symptom

I just found that contract to what is said in man page:

When a login shell exits, bash reads and  executes  commands
from the file ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.

My ~/.bash_logout is not invoked afer I logoff bash from any xterm window. The window can be either launch by solaris CDE or by command "xterm &".

Analysis / Reason

Yes, both window launched by solaris CDE or by command "xterm &" are not login shells. The 'ps -f' will yield:

 UID   PID  PPID  C    STIME TTY      TIME CMD
tong 23496 23495  2 15:51:10 pts/8    0:00 bash

Conclusion / Solution

Use -ls switch of xterm if you want, The 'ps -f' will yield:

$ ps -f
     UID   PID  PPID  C    STIME TTY      TIME CMD
    tong 23573 23572  2 15:53:48 pts/7    0:00 -bash

Note that "-" before bash!

Add the "-ls" switch for all xterms in home session.

cmd:pkgadd for sun packages

Install the package with the pkgadd utility.

pkgadd -d foo-1.0

The pkgadd command must be run as root.
.gz files should be ungzipped first.
Do NOT put a ., ./, or the directory name in front of the file name in pkgadd!
the actual install location would depend on the package.

un-install the packages

use pkgrm and follow the prompts.

Install to directories rather than the package default

Use the -R option of the pkgadd command to install the Solaris packages in a non-default location

-R root_path   Define the full path name of a  directory  to
               use  as  the root_path.  All files, including
               package system information files,  are  relo-
               cated  to  a  directory  tree starting in the
               specified root_path.  The  root_path  may  be
               specified  when installing to a client from a
               server (for example, /export/root/client1).

documented on: Fri 08-13-99