Re: "exit" vs. "X-ing" out of a terminal

From: Clint Harshaw (clint_at_penguinsolutions.org)
Date: 07/27/04

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    Clint Harshaw wrote:
    > Hi all,
    >
    > Some time ago, I posted a question about mysterious users that showed up
    > when I would do a "who" at the prompt. I have a question related to
    > that issue. Is there any difference in typing "exit" to stop a terminal
    > vs. clicking on the "X" in that terminal's window? I wonder if these
    > extra users are due to my "X-ing" out of a terminal rather than typing
    > "exit" at the prompt.
    >
    > Is there any harm done by "X-ing" out of the terminal?
    >
    > Is there a proper way to retrieve those users remaining from a prior
    > X-out so that I could "exit" from them? (short of rebooting, I can't
    > seem to remove the extraneous users.)
    >
    > Clint

    My mailbox filled up and I missed the reply to this, but was able to
    read it on marc.theaimsgroup.com's archive. I am confusing users with
    open terminal sessions -- I'm the only user on this home desktop system.

    When I ran who after init 1 I get this response;

    charshaw pts/4 Jul 26 17:59 (:0.0)
    charshaw pts/11 Jul 26 21:52 (:0.0)
    charshaw pts/12 Jul 26 21:53 (:0.0)
    charshaw pts/16 Jul 27 10:09 (:0.0)

    when I exit init 1 and log back in, w provides me with this information:

      10:11:48 up 21:47, 6 users, load average: 2.10, 0.96, 0.43
    USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
    charshaw :0 - 10:11 ?xdm? 21.03s 0.62s
    /usr/bin/gnome-
    charshaw pts/17 :0.0 10:11 0.00s 0.04s 0.00s w

    are those pts/XX "users" terminal sessions that I "X"'d out of rather
    than typing "exit"? Is this just a non-issue that I should just get used
    to seeing?

    Thanks,
    Clint 

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