stopping cinnamon-started apps at logout

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/12/14 00:52, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> I'd assumed that the apps started by cinnamon when I logged in would
> also be killed when I logged out.  That doesn't seem to be the case for
> non-X11 programs that hang around forever and watch files.  Those
> programs just get passed off to PID 1 when one logs out and continue on
> their merry way till the system reboots.  If one logs in again, another
> instance of the program is started.
>
> The exact program I'm running is a IMAP watcher that watches my remote
> INBOX and grabs the new mail as soon as it arrives.   It would be good
> if it stopped when I logged out.
>
>           /usr/bin/getmail --idle=INBOX
>
> Any ideas?  Do I have to keep track of the PID myself and find a logout
> hook to hang a kill -HUP onto?  Does .bash_logout or .logout even get
> called?
>
>  -wolfgang

In your .bash_logout file you could place a "killall" statement and name the process you want to kill off.  See the killall man page.

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