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17.1 History

As noted in Section 3.3, the command line history which is maintained during a session can be saved to a file which can be loaded into a future editing session. This is often very convenient when you are repeating the same search or find commands on a frequent basis.

To enable the saving of command line histories you must first edit your RC file ``Status History_Filename'' entry. For an example, see Section 19.9. By default the history file is not created, even after you have set the RC option, unless the file already exists. You can bypass this safeguard by setting the ``Status History_Create'' RC option.

History files are plain text files with each line in the current history. You should not attempt to edit these files since they may contain unprintable characters.



2004-05-02