Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:55:03 +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: <KOZLBR$D502E83C1C8266177AED6CD222A1ECA2@libero.it>
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> barbara wrote: > > I didn't tried pressing ctrl-d, but I can confirm that the history ge= t lost even using shutdown as I use reboot only sometime in single user. > > > > BTW, isn't ctrl-d the combination for command completion? > > > I think I mentioned ctrl-d explicitly just because it is *essential* to= > press it. > Ctrl-D performs a clean exit, given that the command line is empty. > > If one issues "shutdown -r now", the shell is not terminated, as the > shutdown command starts the shutdown process in the background - becaus= e > "now" is not the only option and it basically schedules the shutdown to= > happen in 0 minutes. > After issuing "shutdown -r now" the user is returned to the shell, whic= h > remains active until it is killed during the shutdown process. > Hitting Ctrl-D immediately after issuing that command ensures that you = > have "exit"-ed the shell; if that was done before the shutdown kill > sequence, and before the filesystems are remounted read-only - that's > exactly why I said "immediately" - the shell *will* save the history fi= le. > > Using "reboot" or hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del on the console terminates all > virtual consoles; if a console is terminated, the shell that was runnin= g > on it exits on "Lost terminal" signal. > > I do indeed hope that this time my explanation is detailed enough. > Ok, I've got it. Your explaination is even too much detailed! But, without considering reboot or ctrl-alt-del, this is not what many us= ers expect also comparing the behavior of the previous releases. At least I never had such problem before 8. And you can see many request about that in various mailing list and there= is also one in the forum. I've also found a couple of bloggers reporting= that. Thanks
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