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Re: HISTCONTROL=erasedups
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: HISTCONTROL=erasedups |
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Wed, 9 May 2007 23:46:18 -0600 |
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Chet Ramey wrote:
> If you want to force the history file to be completely rewritten, you
> can use `history -w' at shell exit to rewrite it. There is, unfortunately,
> currently no easy way to force the `rewrite-at-exit' behavior.
Could a shell trap be used to do this?
trap 'history -w' EXIT
I did not test this however. It is just a "brainstorm" idea.
Bob