On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <[email protected]> wrote: > > That may be because Ctrl-D issues a "logout" command, not an exit. > > I'm not sure how the shell interprets a Ctrl-D anyway... I'm not > *that* familiar with shells. > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> wrote: >> Interesting thing to note... logging out of a tty using Ctrl-D does not >> register in the .bash_history file (yes, it updates the file with all the >> "live" history from that tty), however, if you actually type "exit" is >> updates the .bash_history file with the "live" history AND it includes the >> exit command. Since I almost always use Ctrl-D to logout, it means that my >> earlier suggestion of /bin/bash ~/.bash_history is very dangerous where if I >> had typed exit every time I logout, it does nothing but run everything up to >> the first exit command in the history file. Still dangerous, but not nearly >> as dangerous as logging out using Ctrl-D >> >> Curious... >> >> Andy >> >> > >> > > > > -- > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech > censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, > chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron > Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is > trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron > Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith (K4RNT) > - Nashville, Tennessee USA > > > >
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