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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 23:41:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Robert Mark Bram <relaxedrob AT optusnet DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: No History!
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On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Robert Mark Bram wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> I can login ok, but I have no history file:
> Robert Mark Bram AT dijong ~
> $ history
>     1  history
>
> Robert Mark Bram AT dijong ~
> $
>
> For the term of each session, a history is built, but with each new login I
> lose my history. Can anyone suggest what might be the cause of this?

I assume you're using bash.  What are the values of $HISTFILE and
$HISTFILESIZE?  Since you do seem to have history until you quit the
session, I won't ask about $HISTIGNORE or "set -o | grep history".
	Igor
P.S. I'll let someone else speak up about the pitfalls of spaces in
usernames.
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