Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:43:54 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Subject: Re: command line history broken in 11.0 Message-ID: <20170321184354.0e19582c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK1rW1soa16zaiCfWkSE%2Bp=i_m72fAJKi0K7GFbFZ3Krqg@mail.gmail.com> References: <58D019EE.9030508@gmail.com> <e5c3cb42-e160-f6a8-24f6-05860f13decf@qeng-ho.org> <20170321161947.f34a308d.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2BtpaK1rW1soa16zaiCfWkSE%2Bp=i_m72fAJKi0K7GFbFZ3Krqg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:35:10 -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:31:34 +0000, Arthur Chance wrote: > > > On 20/03/2017 18:05, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > > > On 10.3 I had the current session saving the command line history when > > > > issuing the shutdown, halt, and reboot command by using these alias > > > > commands that I added to the .cshrc file of my logged in user account. > > > > > > > > alias sd "exit && shutdown now" > > > > alias sdp "exit && shutdown -p now" > > > > alias rboot "exit && reboot" > > > > alias stop "exit && halt" > > > > > > > > Now after doing a clean install of 11.0 and using the same .cshrc file > > > > the rboot and stop alias commands no longer save the current history. > > > > They act like the exit command is not getting executed. The sd and sdp > > > > alias commands are working as expected. > > > > > > > > When existing from a session terminal by issuing the exit command does > > > > still save the current history. > > > > > > > > Is there an alternate method I can use? > > > > > > > > > > To the best of my understanding, reboot and halt should really only be > > > used in single user mode, because they don't cleanly close down running > > > programs - they're more like pulling the power plug after a couple of > > > syncs. That's been the case for a long time now. > > > > Basically, "reboot" is equivalent to "shutdown -r now", just > > as "halt" is to "shutdown -h now". > > > That statement is true on Linux, not FreeBSD. It is "funcationally equivalent" (basically does the same), but differs in _how_ it does it (especially regarding program termination prior to shutdown). > > Both things do the same. > > From "man reboot": > > > > From "man reboot:" emphasis mine. > > Normally, the shutdown(8) utility is used when the system needs to be > halted or restarted, giving users advance warning of their impending > doom > and ***cleanly terminating specific programs***. > > See the init source if you question this. I do not, and even "man shutdown" mentions the specific difference (see -o option); "halt" and "reboot" have a specific own life, but "shutdown" will rely on init for certain tasks. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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