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Re: .zsh_history

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From: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Perry Smith <pedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: .zsh_history
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 18:53:38 +0200
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/29011>
In-reply-to: <81609CF4-42DA-4E0F-A6E5-C5D58578B4F7@easesoftware.com>
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On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 6:17 PM Perry Smith <pedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I don’t have anything special set up other than setting HISTFILE, HISTSIZE=2097152, and SAVEHIST=1048576.  I also have histignoredups and histignorealldups on.
>
>
> TL; DR: question: Does zsh re-read the .zsh_history file at the time it is exiting by default?

Yes. If you exit all shells, you'll have history from all of them
saved within $HISTFILE.

FWIW, I personally dislike all global rc files and especially those
that try to do non-trivial things (like on macOS). I disable global rc
files on all machines and all operating systems that I use.

Roman.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: .zsh_history
  - From: Felipe Contreras
- Re: .zsh_history
  - From: Ray Andrews

References:
- .zsh_history
  - From: Perry Smith

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