history/savehist variables in csh
dpaulso at relay.nswc.navy.mil
dpaulso at relay.nswc.navy.mil
Tue Feb 28 02:47:26 AEST 1989
A while back, I wrote:
>>The last line is not needed. csh does this `source' for you automatically.
Sam Blanchard responded:
> source -h ~/.history
> adds .history to the current history. I.e. (maybe you knew this Dave)
> the 32 command history that Enrico has after his .login finishes is
> the contents of his .history file followed by the contents of his
> .history file. ;-)
that's right. in my inimitable clusmy fashion, i was alluding to the
fact that the mere existence of a .history file is sufficient to cause
the saved history to be placed in the current session's history list.
thus, 'the last line is not needed'
>B. Sam Blanchard UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!sam
dave
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