[K12OSN] Script question

[Julius Szelagiewicz]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:

> I've created a script that gives a user the ability to do certain tasks.  The
> user is brought right to the menu at login by adding a reference to the
> script in .bash_profile.  One of the menu options is to exit the menu.  Right
> now, that simpy dumps the user back to his shell prompt.  What I'd like it to
> do is to log the user out of the system.  I've tried coming up with
> something, and have googled, but can't seem to come up with the solution. Is
> it possible?  If so, can anyone help?

Dimitri, it is rather easy:
in .bash_profile have the following:

my_script
exit

After "my_script" is executed, the .bash_profile takes over and logs out
the user.
julius