Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <374530BB.7C6AA9E8@frank.de> Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 12:08:59 +0200 From: Victor Ott X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: bash history not restored References: <3744692B DOT 6908E74 AT lbin DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id GAA28269 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > No matter what I do, I can't seem to make bash restore the command > history from .bash_history when it starts. During a session, > interactive history mode works; moreover, current history is saved to > the file when session ends. But the next session will again start with > empty history :-[ > > Running Cygwin-b20.1, NT Workstation SP4, FAT fs, text mount. I think it's the text mount. As far I've seen, bash imports history entries from past bash sessions only when 'binmode' is set in CYGWIN env. var., and that's what I am doing. Others might have other solutions. Victor -- DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily represent the official views of my employer. -- Victor Ott FRANK DATENTECHNIK GmbH Tel/Fax +49 911 6236-111/-211 Aalener Str. 48 MailTo:vott AT frank DOT de 90441 Nürnberg, Germany -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com