BASH history

[Weiqi Gao]

mvoss@kuttig.com wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> I'm trying to work myself into Linux & stuff, and I try to use the BASH
> that comes with Cygwin Bxx to work under Win32.
> It's fun, it's somewhat cooler than the DOS-prompt!
> 
> Here's my Question:
>   I found the following file in my root: ".bash_history".
>   It does not at all belong there! (I've got a bad obsessive-compulsive
> disorder about keeping my system tidy %-}...)
> 
>   How can I prevent BASH from creating this file in my root directory
> (C:\)?

Bash looks for an environment variable called HOME and put .bash_history
there.  It also reads the .bashrc start up script from there.

It is debatable whether to set HOME to /home/username (the Linux way) or
C:\Windows\Profiles\UserName (the Windows way).

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao@a.crl.com
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