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Re: bash history not restored
- To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: bash history not restored
- From: Victor Ott <vott@frank.de>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 12:08:59 +0200
- References: <3744692B.6908E74@lbin.com>
Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> No matter what I do, I can't seem to make bash restore the command
> history from .bash_history when it starts. During a session,
> interactive history mode works; moreover, current history is saved to
> the file when session ends. But the next session will again start with
> empty history :-[
>
> Running Cygwin-b20.1, NT Workstation SP4, FAT fs, text mount.
I think it's the text mount. As far I've seen, bash imports history
entries from past bash sessions only when 'binmode' is set in CYGWIN
env. var., and that's what I am doing. Others might have other
solutions.
Victor
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