Re: logout from interactive subshell

[Matthew Woehlke]

Com MN PG P E B Consultant 3 wrote:
> Does someone know how to deal with the following situation?
>
> Very often I do the following pattern:
>
>    (1) rlogin to a foreign host
>    (2) Invoke a subshell (for example because I'm setting a Clearcase
> View)
>    (3) Logout from the host
>
> Step (3) needs two steps: First I have to type 'exit' to leave the
> subshell,
> and then either 'exit' or 'logout' to leave the login shell.
>
> Is it possible to automate this in such a way that I have to type only
> one command, to leave all subshells (in this case, only 1, but in
> general, I might be several subshells deep) AND then logout?

What about in your login (.bash_profile, etc) exporting a variable, say 
ROOT_PID=$$ and having a command/function/alias 'kill -s SIGHUP 
$ROOT_PID'? This is equivalent to killing the rlogin connection, but 
should clean up nicely if all you have are shells.

--
Matthew
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