From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23292 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 10:49:26 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 10:49:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 64331 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 10:49:20 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 10:49:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 26665 invoked by alias); 18 Mar 2005 10:49:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21003 Received: (qmail 26652 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 10:49:16 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 10:49:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 64080 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 10:49:16 -0000 Received: from mailhost1.csr.com (HELO MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com) (81.105.217.43) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 10:49:11 -0000 Received: from exchange03.csr.com (unverified [10.100.137.60]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:47:37 +0000 Received: from news01.csr.com ([10.103.143.38]) by exchange03.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:51:04 +0000 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2IAnAfX007686 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:49:10 GMT Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j2IAn96p007683 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:49:09 GMT Message-Id: <200503181049.j2IAn96p007683@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: revisiting history-file rewriting In-reply-to: <20050316204059.GA1298@blorf.net> References: <20050316204059.GA1298@blorf.net> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:49:08 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Mar 2005 10:51:04.0270 (UTC) FILETIME=[61A60EE0:01C52BA8] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.5 Wayne Davison wrote: > This patch adds the option HIST_OVERWRITE that is off by default. This > changes the default history-rewriting strategy to one that uses the name > $HISTFILE.new for writing out the history lines, and then renaming it > over $HISTFILE when it is done (both actions happen with the history > file locked). How would this change the result when multiple shells exit at once? I'm not entirely clear how the locking affects the fact that multiple shells want to rewrite the file in this case. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. **********************************************************************