From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqJUs-0001ib-3M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:40:06 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j66NcHuF015484; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:38:17 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j66NYkMj011862 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:34:47 GMT Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j66NZgur002301 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:35:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j66NZf0B018001 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:35:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0996BBA71A; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:35:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:35:42 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] bash_history missing Message-ID: <20050706233542.GA22823@princeton.edu> References: <004401c58257$fcf0eae0$5f01010a@jnetlab.lcl> <20050706210650.3701.qmail@web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050706210650.3701.qmail@web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 4bf258a0-5925-4c3f-8105-006a769e5b4b X-Archives-Hash: edd9bc949dfd3f5e5424edb2b28dbe86 On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 02:06:50PM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: > > > > Then set the same environment variables in your > > current shell and they > > should stick. > > Nope, .bash_history completely empty after a bunch of > ls's. At least it didn't tell me to become root :o Try exiting the session and log in again. AFAIK .bash_history doesn't get updated until the session closes. If it does get updated in real time, it would cause quite a bit of problem when, say, you have 5 xterms open and doing stuff in all of them, neh? W -- "What was the self-sacrifice? " "I jettisoned half of a much loved and I think irreplaceable pair of shoes. " "Why was that self-sacrifice? " "Because they were mine! " said Ford crossly. "I think we have different value systems. " "Well mine's better. " "That's according to your... oh never mind. " Sortir en Pantoufles: up 3 days, 22:00 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list