Make ~/.bash_history a symlink to /boot/config/ssh/.bash_history

[mgutt]

The bash command history will be lost after a reboot. Instead I like to see a symlink to the usb flash drive to have a persistent history.

 

Workaround in my Go-File until this is not realized:

# -------------------------------------------------
# Persistent bash history
# -------------------------------------------------
if [[ ! -L ~/.bash_history ]]; then
  rm ~/.bash_history
  ln -s /boot/config/ssh/.bash_history ~/.bash_history
fi

 

[vakilando]

+1

Seems very usefull to me!

Thank you mgutt for the workaround!

[MAM59]

although working, I think it is a bad idea.

 

Using a path to the flash ends up into continous writes to the flash drive setting it to a higher risk of failure.

 

Use a path to the cache drive or something instead.

 

[mgutt]

36 minutes ago, MAM59 said:

Using a path to the flash ends up into continous writes to the flash drive setting it to a higher risk of failure.

My bash history file has a size of 3 kB after 3 month. It's impossible to kill a flash drive by that.

[MAM59]

it does not matter how big it is, just how often it is written does the trick.

[mgutt]

Which is still a tiny amount.

 

PS it would be even possible to import/export the file on specific events like array start/stop, but I don't think it's worth the effort.

[SimonF]

Or use a path to a cache only share if they have a cache drive?

[mgutt]

43 minutes ago, SimonF said:

Or use a path to a cache only share if they have a cache drive?

Not possible and not worth it.

(there isn't a dir present on a pool which is used by Unraid, not everyone has a pool, not everyone is using a pool as cache, not all use the name "cache", a pool is not usable all the time, ....)

 

Again, we are talking about 0 to 500 (?) writes per year. Most users never use the terminal at all. I don't really understand why this is even worth a discussion.

[MAM59]

17 minutes ago, mgutt said:

I don't really understand why this is even worth a discussion.

Flash is vulnarable and UNRAID is picky about it. I had the bad experience of a killed usb flash, I have no intention to redo the procedure.

So, USB-2 speed, no writes unless really necessary (and a history is the least important thing to risk my precious flash drive)

 

Free UNRAID from beeing Flash-Bound(and really BOUND!), and we can talk about it.