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Re: [Bug-readline] set history-size 0
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [Bug-readline] set history-size 0 |
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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:23:02 -0400 |
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On 4/30/13 6:29 AM, Tino Sino wrote:
> I thought set history-size 0 meant: limitless history, not "zero" history..
No, it means no history. Less than 0 means unlimited history. This is
a documentation bug in bash-4.2/readline-6.2 that has been corrected for
bash-4.3/readline-6.3.
Chet
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