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Re: 'history -n' should re-read history file if history is cleared
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Siteshwar Vashisht |
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Re: 'history -n' should re-read history file if history is cleared |
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Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:38:12 -0400 (EDT) |
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chet Ramey" <chet.ramey@case.edu>
> To: "Siteshwar Vashisht" <svashisht@redhat.com>, bug-bash@gnu.org
> Cc: "chet ramey" <chet.ramey@case.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 5:36:05 PM
> Subject: Re: 'history -n' should re-read history file if history is cleared
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> Why should explicitly clearing old items from the history cause them to
> be treated as new?
I was just a bit skeptical about behavior of 'history -n' if history is
cleared. On a second thought, I think the current behavior is fine and may not
worth the change.
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> --
> ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
> ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
> Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
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Siteshwar Vashisht