On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:54:19 -0700 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 09:05, Mikhail P. wrote: > > In bash it is variable $HISTSIZE > > > > e.g. "export HISTSIZE=150" > > will limit it to 150 lines. > > > Yes, thanks. I had seen the HISTSIZE & HISTFILESIZE valiables in the > sert command, but I was wondering where those are set for root in a > default installation of Gentoo. Are they built in at that size and have > to be overridden? Or are they in some default configuration file > somewhere else on the system. > man bash tells me that the default bash history size is 500 lines, and a set | grep HISTSIZE tells me 500, so I assume that the default is unmodified in the bash ebuild (if it can be). Note that places to look for default shell configuration includes /etc/skel/ (stuff that gets copied when a new user is added) and /etc/profile (typically system wide shell config stuff). If you want to change HISTSIZE or other bash variables for everyone, change /etc/profile. If you want only to change it for root, change root's .bashrc or .bash_profile. Cheers, Anthony. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
