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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:33:24 +0000
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On 2008-02-13 00:18Z, curator wrote:
>
> I got some problem with my cygwin installation. In my .bashrc file, i export
> HISTFILE to a new file. When this is done, i have a history on every login,
> but when i close the shell, all data is lost.

Are you closing it by typing 'exit' in the shell?

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