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Re: History counts backwards
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: History counts backwards |
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Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:39:14 -0500 |
> > Did you happen to have HISTCONTROL set?
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> Yes, it's set to "erasedups".
Well, then it's easily possible for the history number to go backward as
you observed. If you're at the limit (500), but the `erasedups' setting
causes a number of previous history entries to be removed, the number of
the last history entry will decrease.
Chet
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