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 To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: history -r not working References: <19602 DOT 990624 AT geocities DOT com> From: Ian T Zimmerman Date: 24 Jun 1999 21:10:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: Tong Sun's message of "Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:27:22 -0400" Message-ID: <87j55l5bdc.fsf@amazon.lbin.com> Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.45/XEmacs 21.0(beta67) - "20 minutes to Nikko" Tong Sun writes: > Hello cygwin users, > > Sorry for so many questions, I'm new to cygwin. :-( > > I found that my history is not preserved by cygwin. After more survey > into it, I found that all history command parameters works but -o. > I.e., I can use history -o to show previous session's history, use -c > to clear current session, just -r not working. > > have you noticed that? what's the work around? thanks > This is a binary/text issue in readline. It will go away if you use binary mount. Check with Earnie first :-) -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107 -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com