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Re: HISTFILE=/dev/null, HISTSIZE=0 removes /dev/null on exit
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: HISTFILE=/dev/null, HISTSIZE=0 removes /dev/null on exit |
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Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:42:31 -0400 |
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On 10/20/15 11:03 AM, Marko Teiste wrote:
> Description:
> setting HISTFILE=/dev/null and HISTSIZE=0 will replace /dev/null
> with regular file on exit (when running as root).
>
> Repeat-By:
> start bash with root priviledges
> HISTFILE=/dev/null
> HISTSIZE=0
> exit
>
> Fix:
> Check if HISTFILE points to regular file before unlink/recreate?
Thanks for the report. This has been fixed for the next release of bash.
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