[Gllug] Run script on last logout

[Alain Williams]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 09:16:21AM +0100, Henrik Bilar wrote:
> 
> Not sure if it would work, but perhaps something like this:
> 
> if [[ `w | grep $USER | wc -l ` -eq 1 ]]; then echo 'yes' ; else echo 'no'
> ; fi

Errrm, no. If your login is 'fred' that will also see/count 'freddy' & 'alfred'.

This is better:

	(( $( who | grep -c "^$USER " ) > 1 )) && echo yes || echo no

> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to run a command/script from my .bash_logout file but only
> > when exiting the last login to the machine (by that user).  Can anyone
> > suggest a way of detecting the last logout (or an alternative from using
> > .bash_logout)?

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