Re: bash history



in message <hrii83-qa.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Shuggie
('shuggie@xxxxxxxxx') wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm having a problem with bash command history that's driving me nuts.
> I have two users, call them A and B. I can't see how they're set up
> differently. However when I enter a terminal window as user A and press
> up-arrow I get the last command from my previous session. Doing that
> with user B and I get a beep of protest. Later, after typing commands I
> can get those back.
>
> So in a few words, user A's command history goes back to a previous
> session, user B's only goes back as far as the first command of the
> current session.
>
> I'd like user B to work like user A.

Damn. And I thought for a moment there might be intelligent life on this
planet. [sigh] Seems not.

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