* Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 19:15 PST]: > By-the-by, where does a bash session keep track of command history while > that session is open? > > How does it know whether to use ~/.bash_history or this elusive memory > pointer?
It always performs history search/substitution from the history in memory. ~/.bash_history (or, more precisely, HISTFILE) is read at start and written at exit. That's all the file is used for; bash doesn't do any seeking/reading during normal operations. The file is just to store the data when bash exits. This information is in the manual (bash(1)). good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- --Nick Moffitt A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
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