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netnomad:
hi friends,

i use extensively the midnight-commander in the bash started in aterm.
unfortunately every single action in the midnight-commander is included in my ~/.bash_history:

.bash_history:
 mc
 PROMPT_COMMAND='pwd>&8;kill -STOP $$'
 cd "`printf "%b" '\0057home\0057tc'`"
 cd "`printf "%b" '\0057home\0057tc\0057\0056fluxbox'`"
 cd "`printf "%b" '\0057home\0057tc'`"
 cd "`printf "%b" '\0057home\0057tc\0057\0056gconf'`"

so the real important commands are hidden or lost in the bash-history :(
 
what would you recommend to get rid of that "feature"?

thank you for your help.

althalus:
Hi netnomad,

A quick google search turns up this debian bug report, specifically:


--- Quote ---Here a citate of README.Debian (please read it before filling bugs):
-------------------
 -  In order to get rid of the commandline history to be full with cd commands
    from the both boxes set this environment variable:
     export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth

    This is a issue of bash, not of mc. This would fix it.
-------------------

--- End quote ---

(Note: I didn't test that it actually works)

netnomad:
hi althalus,

thanks a lot, it works!

by the way,
could you help me with HISTSIZE, too?
i wasn't able to extend it from 500 to 1000, yet :(

./bashrc
source /usr/local/etc/bashrc
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
export HISTSIZE=1000

thank you for your help.

Rich:
Hi netnomad
Maybe try adding it to  .profile?

netnomad:
hi rich,

.profile has no effect for this issue,
only the entry in .bashrc has any effect.

by the way,
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups,erasedups
has no effect, too.

does someone know whether the syntax
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups,erasedups
or
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups
is the correct entry?

this is the last version of my
.bashrc
source /usr/local/etc/bashrc
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth,erasedups
export HISTSIZE=1000
export HISTFILESIZE=1000000

thank you for your contributions.

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