From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11841 invoked by alias); 10 Jul 2011 16:59:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 16124 Received: (qmail 21654 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2011 16:59:14 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: neutral (ns1.primenet.com.au: 74.125.82.171 is neither permitted nor denied by SPF record at ntlworld.com) X-ProxyUser-IP: 81.107.42.213 Message-Id: <201107101653.p6AGrute004254@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: locking failed for /home/whoever/.zhistory: no such file or directory In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:22:03 CDT." Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:53:56 +0100 Cesar Romani wrote: > I'm using zsh 4.3.12-dev-1 > Whenever I start zsh I always get the following message: > zsh: locking failed for /home/whoever/.zhistory: no such file or > directory: reading anyway That means a system call to lock the file for reading failed. It depends on the file system whether locking is enabled. So long as you are not attempting to use the history file with multiple terminals at once, you shouldn't hit problems. -- Peter Stephenson Web page now at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.w.stephenson/