Re: Zsh, command history, Mac OS X and network based home directory

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-02-24 16:07:41 +0100, david wrote:
> Environment:
> Mac OS X 10.3.9
> Zsh 4.1.1
> Network mounted home directory
> 
> When I added the following line to my ~/.zshrc
> 
> HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
> 
> the shell froze/hang when I started a new terminal. Adding set -x to 
> ~/.zshrc produced the following output in new terminals:
> 
> +/Network/Servers/SERVER/Users/name/.zshrc:5> HISTSIZE=1000
> +/Network/Servers/SERVER/Users/name/.zshrc:6> SAVEHIST=1000
> +/Network/Servers/SERVER/Users/name/.zshrc:8> 
> HISTFILE=/Network/Servers/SERVER/Users/name/.zsh_history

I have the following in my .zshrc:

HISTSIZE=8000
SAVEHIST=8000
HISTFILE="$HOME/.zhistory"

and zsh has never hung under Mac OS X 10.4.* here. I'm using zsh 4.2.6
and my home directory is local.

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