From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: crocket <crockabiscuit@gmail.com>
Cc: 19731@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19731: 24.4; /dev/null is deleted by tramp-sh.el
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 09:34:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zj8vz94l.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL0=0H1d-TgGtFByApo6P0r7pEjC5u4SVeYBHdo0ZdgsamYKNw@mail.gmail.com> (crocket's message of "Tue, 3 Feb 2015 12:06:23 +0900")
crocket <crockabiscuit@gmail.com> writes:
> Unsetting HISTFILE and setting HISTFILESIZE to 0 disables history
> logging altogether on bash.
HISTFILESIZE is bashism. Other shells use HISTSIZE.
> On Feb 3, 2015 5:08 AM, "Glenn Morris" <rgm@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/fc.html
>
> says that
>
> If the HISTFILE variable is not set, the shell may attempt to
> access
> or create a file .sh_history in the directory referred to by the
> HOME
> environment variable.
>
> and indeed by experiment with bash 4.2.45, that is exactly what
> happes
> with HISTFILE unset and using "bash --posix".
>
> So (probably) you can't win.
Now, when I unset HISTFILE in Tramp, I also set HISTFILESIZE and
HISTSIZE to 0. And hope it works with most shells. Praying won't help.
Best regards, Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-03 8:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-30 5:18 bug#19731: 24.4; /dev/null is deleted by tramp-sh.el crocket
2015-01-30 9:38 ` crocket
2015-01-30 9:41 ` crocket
2015-02-02 11:44 ` Michael Albinus
[not found] ` <CAL0=0H0i02hc96VRz4HFnS9ztr2-1SxaykZiJ6mqPQxm5h2aag@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <87mw4wjyqi.fsf@gmx.de>
2015-02-02 12:22 ` crocket
2015-02-02 12:45 ` Michael Albinus
2015-02-02 12:46 ` crocket
2015-02-02 13:04 ` Michael Albinus
2015-02-02 14:18 ` crocket
2015-02-02 15:25 ` Michael Albinus
2015-02-02 18:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-02 19:50 ` Michael Albinus
2015-02-02 20:08 ` Glenn Morris
2015-02-03 3:06 ` crocket
2015-02-03 8:34 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2015-02-03 9:10 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-02-03 9:23 ` Michael Albinus
2015-02-03 16:54 ` Glenn Morris
2015-02-06 11:01 ` Alad Wenter
2015-02-08 10:05 ` Michael Albinus
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