On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 02:50:06AM +0200, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: > suvayu ali wrote: > > Hi Frantisek, > > > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 15:15, Frantisek Hanzlik <franta@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Now occurred to me that i can watch several (mainly roots) history files > >> by incrond and start some script which log some events on it. Maybe it > >> helps. > > > > I recalled your post and did a check before I rebooted my laptop today > > (after 7 days). I think you were correct and my claim that its a > > ridiculous idea was wrong. > > > > This is what I did: > > > > 1. I closed all running apps except for a terminal. > > 2. Executed these commands > > $ echo "1 test" > > $ echo "2 test" > > $ echo "3 test" > > $ sudo shutdown -P now > > 3. On turning on the laptop again, I could not find either of the three > > commands with history | grep -E "echo.+test" > > > > In addition to $HISTFILE, I log all my history to a separate file. That > > file _did_ have all the test and the shutdown commands. So we can > > conclude bash was doing the right thing and systemctl is to blame. > > > > At the moment I am very busy, so I would urge you to file a bug report. > > If you post the bug id back to the list, I'll try to add more comments > > if I find anything with regards to this. > > Hello Suvayu, > > I now had a bit time for some testing, and hopefuly was able induce > situation when history is always (strictly speaking, 6x in 6 tests) > lost. Please see bugreport: > Please ensure your $HISTIGNORE environment variable is not set. It shouldn't be set by default, but better check anyway. ;) Terry -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
