Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!mtunx!rutgers!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!cmtl01!mdorion From: mdorion@cmtl01.UUCP (Mario Dorion) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: why doesn't command history work for user root? Keywords: ksh Message-ID: <321@cmtl01.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 88 04:03:02 GMT Organization: Frisco Bay Industries, Montreal Lines: 18 Can anyone explane to me why doesn't command history work for user root? I onced looked at the sources of the korn shell and it says something like: (this is just from memory) if (userid != 0 ) /* no history for root */ { blah; blah; history processing stuff; } Why? Also, the 'jobs' command does not work that well either for root. -- Mario Dorion | ...!{rutgers,uunet,ihnp4}! Frisco Bay Industries | philabs!micomvax!cmtl01!mdorion Montreal, Canada | 1 (514) 738-7300 | I thought this planet was in public domain!