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List:       xfree86
Subject:    Re: [XFree86] command history among xterms
From:       Eric Christopherson <rakko () charter ! net>
Date:       2003-07-12 17:31:05
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On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 07:20:15PM +0200, Peter Firefly Lund wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, gabe f wrote:
> 
> > not sure if I should ask this here, but here goes:
> 
> Not really.
> 
> > the command history among my xterms is common. How can I make each xterm
> 
> No, the command history is shared by your /shells/.  xterm has got
> /nothing/ to do with it.
> 
> > keep its own command history?
> 
> You are probably using bash as your shell.  You can get each copy of bash
> to use a different history file with the HISTORYFILE environment variable
> 
> (man bash, then type /HISTORYFILE<enter>)

I think it's HISTFILE. The manpage, on my system at least, doesn't contain
HISTORYFILE.

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