Re: empty root history file
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 02:05:05PM -0400, BTP wrote:
> Hello, I have logged in today to discover my root history file to be nicely
> empty.
>
> However my main user 'bart' .bash_history file still contains all the
> previous commands..
>
> I know I didn't delete this myself, is there any debian management process
> that archives the history contents?
> Or should I suspect something else here?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bart
Hi,
also try
echo $HISTFILESIZE
echo $HISTSIZE
to see to what number the history is set. You can read more in
'man bash'.
Hth
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