> On 13 Apr 2023, at 16:13, Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>>> On 12 Apr 2023, at 16:40, stan via devel <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:39:44 +0200
>>> Vít Ondruch <vondr...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dne 11. 04. 23 v 18:02 stan via devel napsal(a):
>>>>
>>>> I have the following defined in .bashrc:
>>>>
>>>> # this logs the history explicitly before exiting a shell
>>>> hx ()
>>>> {
>>>> history -a;
>>>> exit;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> It means that I have to exit using the command hx when closing a
>>>> terminal.
>>>
>>>
>>> What about using `~/.bash_logout` to avoid the need of `hx`?
>>
>> I had to do some research to even understand what you were asking.
>> With that caveat, it seems that a .bash_logout only executes on login
>> shells. So, it would not save the history of terminals in X when they
>> were closed. Am I misunderstanding?
>
> For lots of reasons it became recommended that all gui terminal sessions
> should be login sessions. One reason being that .bash_profile may not be run
> in a sub process.
/sub/parent/
>
> Barry
>
>
>
>>
>> I did find something that might work in that case, at this link.
>>
>> https://superuser.com/questions/410525/explain-why-bash-logout-wont-run-commands/410534#410534
>>
>> """
>> ~/.bash_logout is only run if it you explicitly exit the shell with
>> exit or logout, or by typing Control-D to enter an end-of-file at the
>> command prompt. If you close the terminal emulator, processes are sent
>> SIGHUP, and bash doesn’t run ~/.bash_logout in that case.
>>
>> If you want to perform work any time bash exits (and whether it’s a
>> login shell or not), use trap foo EXIT. The most convenient way to do
>> this is to put your code in a shell function, e.g.,:
>>
>> print_goodbye () { echo Goodbye; }
>> trap print_goodbye EXIT
>> """
>>
>> Typing exit or logout is more keystrokes than hx, so .bash_logout is not
>> really compelling. The trap looks promising, I assume that I would put
>> save_history_on_exit () {history -a;}
>> trap save_history_on_exit EXIT
>> in .bashrc. Basically, running a .bash_logout in a different way.
>>
>> Thanks.
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