From: Chet Ramey Subject: Re: history -r should print error message if file doesn't exist Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:47:16 -0500
>On 1/11/26 3:31 PM, Dan Jacobson wrote: >>history -r should print error message if file doesn't exist. >>$ history -r zzzzz >>$ >Not unreasonable. There are a few values of errno where printing an error >message is appropriate. I don't understand what you are trying to say here. Are you saying it is "not-a-bug" and thus nothing to see here? Or something else? FWIW, I think it can and should be fixed. It seems clear to me that trying to access a non-existent file is something the user would want to hear about. ================================================================================= Please do not send me replies to my posts on the list. I always read the replies via the web archive, so CC'ing to me is unnecessary. When responding to my posts, please try to refrain from giving bureaucratic answers. If you have nothing useful to say, then just click Next and go on.
