Adel ESSAFI wrote:
Dear All
I have a strange behaviour on my bash shell on F7. In some session, I
lose all the histoty!!! I don t find any command that I have executed in
my previous sessions.
Regards.
Adel
From my custom /etc/profile:
# reconfigure the history file
# prevents multiple logins to the same id from clashing
# thought to work for bash and ksh
#================================================================
if [ -n "$HISTFILE" ]; then
hdir=${HISTFILE%/*}
hfile=${HISTFILE##*/}
nfile=$(tty); nfile=.sh_hist_${nfile##*/}
if [ "$hfile" != "$nfile" ]; then
( cd $hdir && touch $hfile && mv $hfile $nfile ) &&
HISTFILE=${hdir}/${nfile}
fi
unset hdir hfile nfile
fi
Note, this was written in 1990 or so, when ksh was a very new toy. It
has been working untouched for about 15 years, and the only thing
changed is that on exit I now shred, purge, or at least delete the file
for security. The world is a scarier place now. :-(
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
