From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5670 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2005 02:10:02 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Mar 2005 02:10:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 85933 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2005 02:09:56 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Mar 2005 02:09:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 26585 invoked by alias); 17 Mar 2005 02:09:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20989 Received: (qmail 26572 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2005 02:09:52 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Mar 2005 02:09:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 85662 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2005 02:09:52 -0000 Received: from ns1.primenet.com.au (HELO primenet.com.au) (203.24.36.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Mar 2005 02:09:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 6075 invoked by uid 8); 17 Mar 2005 02:09:43 -0000 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Path: not-for-mail From: Geoff Wing X-Newsgroups: lists.zsh.workers Subject: Re: revisiting history-file rewriting Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:09:43 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PrimeNet Computer Consultants Message-ID: References: <20050316204059.GA1298@blorf.net> Reply-To: mason@primenet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: sparkles.primenet.com.au X-Trace: f.primenet.com.au 1111025383 5964 203.43.15.10 (17 Mar 2005 02:09:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@f.primenet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:09:43 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (NetBSD) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 Wayne Davison typed: : 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 Didn't we used to do $HISTFILE. ? Is that out of favour? Regards, Geoff