[GRASS-SVN] r30789 - grass/trunk/lib/init

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: hamish
Date: 2008-03-28 21:41:31 -0400 (Fri, 28 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 30789

Modified:
   grass/trunk/lib/init/init.sh
Log:
set command history stuff without messing with /home/hb, add comment about possible --rcfile problems if the same is done for /.bashrc

Modified: grass/trunk/lib/init/init.sh
===================================================================
--- grass/trunk/lib/init/init.sh	2008-03-28 23:38:13 UTC (rev 30788)
+++ grass/trunk/lib/init/init.sh	2008-03-29 01:41:31 UTC (rev 30789)
@@ -924,6 +924,15 @@
     ;;
 
 bash|msh)
+    # save command history in mapset dir and remember more
+    HISTFILE="$LOCATION/.bash_history"
+    if [ -z "$HISTSIZE" ] && [ -z "$HISTFILESIZE" ] ; then 
+	export HISTSIZE=3000
+    fi
+
+    # instead of changing $HOME, start bash with: --rcfile "$LOCATION/.bashrc" ?
+    #   if so, must care be taken to explicity call .grass.bashrc et al for
+    #   non-interactive bash batch jobs?
     USERHOME="$HOME"      # save original home
     HOME="$LOCATION"      # save .bashrc in $LOCATION
     export HOME
@@ -933,7 +942,7 @@
     echo "test -r ~/.alias && . ~/.alias" >> "$bashrc"
     echo "PS1='GRASS GRASS_VERSION_NUMBER ($LOCATION_NAME):\w > '" >> "$bashrc"
     echo "PROMPT_COMMAND=$GISBASE/etc/prompt.sh" >> "$bashrc"
-    
+
     if [ -r "$USERHOME/.grass.bashrc" ]
     then
         cat "$USERHOME/.grass.bashrc" >> "$bashrc"