On Tue, 2023-04-11 at 10:48 -0400, Chris Murphy wrote: > Hi, > > For a long time I've noticed lost history from multiple Terminal tab/windows. It seems like the last tab or window to close is the history that gets written to .bash_history, and everything else is just lost. > > Somehow I found this: > https://web.archive.org/web/20090815205011/http://www.cuberick.com/2008/11/update-bash-history-in-realtime.html > > I've implemented the suggested two line change to .bash_profile: > > # User specific environment and startup programs > shopt -s histappend > PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND" > > The resulting behavior appears to be shells still have their own unique histories while active. But once closed, their histories become merged (interlaced based on the time they were issued?) and available when a new shell is created. > > I think this would be a pretty cool yet subtle Fedora 39 feature. However, > > a) I'm uncertain exactly where this belongs as a default, .bashrc or .bash_profile or some parent file that's copied to create these files (for new users); > > b) if this is (still) an optimal way to go about it; > > c) what are the possible negative side effects? > > Any thoughts? I've been doing something like this for years, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it as an OOTB default. It has some interesting subtleties, like the order of the command history you get when you hit 'up' changes depending on when the history is updated by other terminals and when the terminal you're in reloads it. -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
