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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: ksh-e SYSV/AT Slow Start Up
Summary: ksh *should* be truncating the history file
Message-ID: <1055@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 15 Jul 89 08:39:07 GMT
References: <20569@bikini.cis.ufl.EDU> <Jul.10.18.51.04.1989.7782@geneva.rutgers.edu>
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In article <Jul.10.18.51.04.1989.7782@geneva.rutgers.edu>, hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) writes:
> 
> Ksh keeps a history file.  It keeps growing.  As far as I can see, ksh
> never truncates the file.  It slows down linearly as the file grows.
> You want to remove the file now and then.

Ksh will allow the history file ($HISTFILE) to grow without bound *until you
log out*, at which time, the history file is truncated to $HISTSIZE bytes.  You
should never have to truncate the file by hand unless you never logout.
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