Forgetting about history in ksh solved

[Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard]

Bernie Hoffstadt (cutsys!cutter) had the answer. I had to add the line:
HISTFILE=/.history; export HISTFILE
to root's .profile.

Any idea why root would need that, while a normal user wouldn't?

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Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL   | Never ascribe to malice that which can
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