Something very basic, but important to me, changed when I started using Octave on my new Mac.
Previously, running Octave 3.4.2 on RH Linux, if I read a saved history file ("history -r ./file.hist"), the default save file was changed from ~/.octave_hist to ./file.hist. I could then simply exit, without calling "history -w ./file.hist", and my accumulated history would still be saved to file.hist.
Now, running Octave 3.6.4 on OsX (installed via Fink), if I read a saved history file, do stuff, then exit, my accumulated history simply gets appended to the default ~/.octave_hist file.
Assuming this is NOT a bug, is there any way to control this behavior in Octave that I am not aware of, or possibly an entry in the ~/.inputrc file?
-EJR