Also sprach Vineet Kumar (Wed 05 Mar 02003 at 09:17:47AM -0800): > * 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)).
Thank you, for this explanation. Yes, I now see where the manpage references this; but, I did not understand this until your -- imho, clearer -- explanation. -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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