Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy!ames!ncar!oddjob!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!hood From: hood@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Questions from a new user (SUMMARY) Message-ID: <11300001@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 9 Aug 88 15:01:00 GMT References: <620@gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:gvgspd.GVG.TEK.COM:620:osiris.cso.uiuc.edu:11300001:000:346 Nf-From: osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!hood Aug 9 10:01:00 1988 Come on guys... A very simple solution to the problem of multiple history files is to tack on the process ID to the file name. HISTFILE=$HOME/.history$$ Works for me... Emmet P. Gray US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood ..!uunet!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Attn: AFZF-DE-ENV DEH, Environmental Management Office Fort Hood, TX 76544-5057