history/savehist variables in csh

[Pat Robinson]

In article <345 at shapetc.UUCP> ec at shapetc.UUCP (Enrico Chiarucci) writes:
>
>In my .login file I have the following lines (in a more or less vanilla
>Sun-2 flavour of unix):
>
>	set history=128
>	set savehist=16
>	source -h ~/.history
>
>wishing to keep 128 commands in the history file, but to save only 16 of
>them across login sessions.
>

Just put the set savehist=16 in your .logout not your .login.  You should
then only get 16 saved.


Pat Robinson     

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