From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
Subject: Re: BASH history
27 Nov 1998 22:22:42 -0800
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Hi,

[...]
>  I found the following file in my root: ".bash_history".
>  It does not at all belong there! (I've got a bad obsessive-compulsive
>disorder about keeping my system tidy %-}...)
>
>  How can I prevent BASH from creating this file in my root directory
>(C:\)?

Set HOME env var to some valid directory.

>
>Thanks,
>  Tiger

Bye.
Michael.
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