Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:16:16 +0200 From: "barbara" <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> To: "spambox" <spambox@haruhiism.net> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, noc <noc@hdk5.net> Subject: Re: Root history not saving over reboot 8* Message-ID: <KOZJJ4$A25639717DA6466815236F4C7FE5703F@libero.it>
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> Al Plant wrote: > > Several of us on the questions list have not been able to find out if= > > the problem of history not being saved in the root or usr command > > lines has been corrected. > > I have tried 8* on both i386 and amd64 and it doesnt save across a > > reboot on either box. FreeBSD 7.2 does as do the earlier current > > versions before approximately June of 8* > I guess you use 'reboot' to reboot. As this forces a reboot immediately= > (and closes all terminals), the shell has no chance to terminate > 'normally' (i.e., by exit/ctrl-d/logout/etc) - therefore history is not= > saved. > > Check if the command history is saved if you do "shutdown -r now" and > hit ctrl-d immediately. I'd assume it does. > I didn't tried pressing ctrl-d, but I can confirm that the history get lo= st even using shutdown as I use reboot only sometime in single user. BTW, isn't ctrl-d the combination for command completion?
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