How can I empty a folder on logout using gnome in fedora 4

[willing2learn]

Hi gurus,
I want to remove/empty files from a folder in my home when logging out using gnome, I added rm -rf /folder/* in the .bash_logout but it has no effect. Your help would be appreciated.

 

[stanhubble]

is the absolute path correct for /folder/* or
are you really trying to remove
~/folder/*

 

[willing2learn]

Sorry Yes the path is from home ~/folder/*,
please note that it works from an ssh session to the machine but I want it to work under gnome session. Any ideas how I can get the gnome to read .bash_logout file or is there another file that gnome looks at when logging out?