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From: luj@gus19.ecn.purdue.edu (Jun Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: KSH: How to set env var HISTFILE ?
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Date: 10 May 91 20:40:42 GMT
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Should I set env var HISTFILE in .profile or in $ENV file ?
I think that in a wndowing environment, it's better to set HISTFILE in $ENV
file so that each window/shell has its own HISTFILE. 

What puzzels me is that I cannot find those $HISFILE(and from time to time
ksh messes up command histories in different shells). See the following:
---------- in one xterm -----------
gus3:~luj[33]$ echo $HISTFILE
/home/gus2/luj/.ksh_hist/hist754
gus3:~luj[34]$ more $HISTFILE
/home/gus2/luj/.ksh_hist/hist754: No such file or directory
-------------
----------- in anther xterm ------------
gus3:~luj[157]$ echo $HISTFILE
/home/gus2/luj/.ksh_hist/hist753
gus3:~luj[158]$ more $HISTFILE
/home/gus2/luj/.ksh_hist/hist753: No such file or directory
--------------

Can anyone tell me what goes wrong ?  I'm using ksh Version 11/16/88e on a
Sun workstation running SunOS4.x and X11 R4.

Thanks,
-- Jun
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