[ale] Script at Login Question

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 14:14, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> The issue then is filenames.  i guess you'd have to create a filename
> with some randomness, or a date-time element to it.  Otherwise, the logs
> would keep overwriting one another, right?

Nope. Set the write to be an append.

eg:

echo $foo >> $log

will add $foo to the end of $log
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 14:04, Yu, Jerry wrote:
> > hate to clarify myself after 1 second. By 'script call' I meant the 'script'
> > command which logs a shell session.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yu, Jerry [mailto:Jerry.Yu at voicecom.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:02 PM
> > To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
> > Subject: RE: [ale] Script at Login Question
> > 
> > 
> > would a script call from .bash_profile or .bashrc work? Of course, make sure
> > they can't be modified by the user and no other shells is available and no
> > way to invoke a shell without sourcing your .bash_profile/.bashrc.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Glass [mailto:jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:59 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] Script at Login Question
> > 
> > 
> > I'm just thinking out loud again.  Anyone configured script to run
> > whenever someone logs in?  I'm thinking it would be very beneficial to
> > log user sessions on a few choice machines.  Is there a better way to do
> > this?  Again, just thinking out loud.  I haven't hit Google yet, so
> > pardon my ignorance.
> > 
> > Thanks!
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