Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:45:08 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: command history & multiple root vt sessions Message-ID: <20170330024508.63a563c9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <58DBD448.6020805@gmail.com> References: <58DBD448.6020805@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:35:36 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote: > I am at the keyboard that is wired to the computer. > Using the Fx keys I logon as root in 3 different vt sessions. > In each one issuing the "history" command shows a different set of > commands unique to that vt session. This is normal behavior. > > How can this be? There is only a single /root directory on the host > system. All 3 vt sessions should be using the same .history file. The shell usually reads history from memory, so the different VT sessions use different histories while running. > If I issue the "exit" command from the vt3 it should have updated the > /root/.history file with its session history content. I had the same problem with user shell sessions inside X terminals. This is what I added to /etc/csh.cshrc for global effect: set history = 200000 set savehist = (200000 merge) Maybe this also works for you? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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