Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:49:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> Cc: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: csh & tcsh history missing after reboot FBSD_8 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908192044040.67785@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4A8CB3AF.3070702@hdk5.net> References: <4A8CA912.3080201@hdk5.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908191941500.67503@wonkity.com> <4A8CB3AF.3070702@hdk5.net>
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On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Al Plant wrote: > Warren Block wrote: >> On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Al Plant wrote: >>> >>> Terminal history gone. >>> >>> I cannot get any recent version of FreeBSD 8.* to keep the csh or tcsh >>> history across a "reboot" in root or usr. It stays after "exit" and a new >>> login however. >> >> Does the history stick around if you do "shutdown -r now" instead of >> "reboot"? > > No. I used shutdown -r now and shutdown -h now and they both blow it away. My thinking was that reboot is more abrupt than shutdown, and killed the shell without giving it a chance to write out the history. But I've never noticed the history in a csh being written out before a reboot of either type. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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