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From: jay@splut.UUCP (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Forgetting about history in ksh solved
Message-ID: <2561@splut.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 89 21:15:22 GMT
Reply-To: jay@splut.UUCP (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard)
Organization: Confederate Microsystems, League City, TX
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Bernie Hoffstadt (cutsys!cutter) had the answer. I had to add the line:
HISTFILE=/.history; export HISTFILE
to root's .profile.

Any idea why root would need that, while a normal user wouldn't?

-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL   | Never ascribe to malice that which can
uucp:        uunet!nuchat!   (eieio)| adequately be explained by stupidity.
    hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!splut!jay +----------------------------------------
{killer,bellcore}!texbell!          | "Less great!" "Tastes filling!"