Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:40:37 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: History file for dialog C shell (t)csh Message-ID: <20140420194037.629437f3.freebsd@edvax.de>
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I have a question regarding shell history when running several shell instances. The C shell (still) is my primary interactive shell. It stores commands in ~/.history. But as I'm using more than one shell instance (in fact, 5+ shells is the norm here, called inside X terminals), I find that the history file only contains commands from one of those shells, even though the history of each indivual shell can recall previous commands. At the end, only one shell's commands are stored in the history file, so after a reboot for example, all shells have _that_ specific history. My question sounds stupid, even to me: Is there a way to have individual shell history files for each shell instance? I don't even have an idea of how to make the association shell<->history for later re-identification... it already sounds confusing... Or on the other hand, is it possible to have all shells send their history to a common history file? Or should I simply switch over to a different shell? ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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