Terminal output disappearing after SSH into cygwin

[Thomas Wolff]

[somehow my previous response did not go to the list]

Am 22.01.2021 um 12:10 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin:
> On 22.01.2021 09:16, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> On 2021-01-21 09:02, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote:
>>> On Thursday, January 21, 2021, 10:49:14 AM EST, Martyn B wrote:
>>>> On 2021-01-21 11:13, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote:
>>>>> There's also /etc/bash.bash_logout. The default version of that 
>>>>> clears the screen:
>>>>>
>
>>
>> Whether it should be is a good question.
>>
>> There's no /etc/bash_logout file under Debian, etc. but 
>> /etc/skel/.bash_logout and ~/.bash_logout also have the same clear 
>> screen code.
>>
>> Is (or was) /etc/bash.bash_logout that did this in the bash sources 
>> or under Fedora, which is the Linux basis for some Cygwin approaches, 
>> behaviour, and conventions?
>>
>
>
> $ cygcheck -l base-files |grep logout
> /etc/defaults/etc/bash.bash_logout
>
> the defaults is copied as
>    /etc/bash.bash_logout
> only if it was not modified.
>
> The file is there by at least 2016, so not a new implementation
The clear is conditional. Maybe the value of $SHLVL after ssh login has 
changed somehow?