Re: bash history

[Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com>]

Adam Hardy wrote:
> I use alot of console windows in X as well as having shells and ssh 
> shells open sometimes for the same user. I notice that bash doesn't save 
> every command immediately and loses the history from simultaneous bash 
> sessions, when they are not the last session to close.
>
> Is that normal? Or is there some sort of caching that I can configure 
> better?

set -o histappend

appends the history file instead of overwriting it.

Also, have a look at the variable HISTCONTROL and HISTIGNORE

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Raj Kiran Grandhi