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Subject: Re: ZSH-history neither read nor written
From: Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@gmx.de>
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From: Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@gmx.de>
Subject: ZSH-history neither read nor written
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:16:02 +0200 (CEST)

Hi,

 ...found the bug myself...
 HISTFILE was not set...sorry for the noise!  ;O)

 Keep zshing!
 mcc

 

> Hi,
> 
>  on a Linux 2.6.16.1 system I have installed zsh 4.3.2.
> 
>  I got problems with the zsh history, which is neither read nor
>  written.
> 
>  I read the thread previously appearing in this list and tried to
>  understand and check, what was said.
> 
>  1.) Shell must be interactive:
>      When given 
> 		  setopt
> 	 on the command line I got
>           interactive
>           monitor
>           shinstdin
>           zle
> 
>      therefore I think the shell is interactive.
>      On the other hand, the manpage stated, that (beside other things)
>      /etc/zshrc is read. That is not the case.
> 
>  2.) File could not be locked.
>      How should I check this ?
> 
>  3.) $HOME/.zsh_history is corrupted.
>      I emptied that file....no effect.
> 
>  4.) File permissions wrong.
>      $HOME/.zsh_history is rw be myself only.
> 
>  5.) HISTSIZE is "0" or not set.
>      echo $HISTSIZE gives me: 9999
>  
>  6.) SAVEHIST not set or "0":
>      echo $SAVEHIST gives me: 9999
> 
> 
> 
>  I have no idea what I wrong with my settings.
>  
>  What must be set to get the history stored and read ?
> 
>  Thank you very much in advance for any helpful reply ! :)
> 
>  Keep zshing!
>  mcc 
> 
>  
>    
>