One thing to consider is that when you run your script it spawns a new
shell that is not a login shell, so logout wouldn't do anything. Also,
whatever the perl program does, it gives a return value to the shell or
nothing at all. I don't think (not sure though) that a subprocess has
the ability to control the parent process (nicely).
Hugh
>
> Alright, I don't know if anyone out there is too much of a perl hacker, but
> if there is anyone, I have a question... How do I put a command in my
> program to logout of the system? (This would also have to end the program
> of course) I have tried things like exec ("logout") or system ("logout")
> or things like that, but nothing seems to help. I'm almost considering
> trying to parse a 'ps u' for the actual login and try to kill the process,
> but I'd rather not mess with all that code for such a thing. There's got
> to be an easier way to do it! I just don't know how... :(
>
> Ammon Sutherland
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