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Re: [cobalt-users] empty bash_history file
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] empty bash_history file
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Apr 6 20:22:00 2004
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Diana Saunders wrote:
> My bash_history file isn't actually empty, but in running the history
> command today I noticed that commands went back only a few days. Previous
> history is gone.
>
> Does this indicate a hack or is the bash_history file rotated out when it
> gets a certain size? I tried to find the answer to this in various places
> and I was surprised I couldn't find an answer. Or is it obvious?
http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/doc/texi/bash_4.html
HISTSIZE
If set, this is the maximum number of commands to remember in the history
look at /etc/profile
HISTSIZE=1000
size limited to 1000
Gerald
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