From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19863 invoked by alias); 19 Oct 2011 18:42:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 29829 Received: (qmail 29306 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2011 18:42:52 -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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at klanderman.net does not designate permitted sender hosts) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20127.6190.501587.50858@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:34:22 -0400 From: Greg Klanderman To: Zsh list Subject: reading/saving history file dependent on isset(RCS) Reply-To: gak@klanderman.net X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12-devo-585 under 21.4 (patch 17) "Jumbo Shrimp" XEmacs Lucid (i386-redhat-linux) Hi, can someone explain the thinking behind reading and saving of the history file being dependent on isset(RCS)? The code predates CVS.. Seems like if you've set HISTFILE/SAVEHIST, it should honor that. I did find this partially documented, in section "5.1 Startup/Shutdown Files": | Note also that the RCS option affects the saving of history files, | i.e. if RCS is unset when the shell exits, no history file will be | saved. but it does not document that reading the history file is similarly conditioned on that option. thanks, Greg