History problem

[Sauvik Basu]

Whenever I try the history command I get the following error message:
csh: fc: Cannot access or open the history file.
Please help.

[Pete Randall]

You need to export HISTFILE in your profile - either your personal .profile or in /etc/profile:

export HISTFILE=/tmp/.sh_history.$(whoami)

and

set -o vi

You may also want to export HISTSIZE, though I normally don't bother.


Pete

[Pete Randall]

Sorry, didn't notice that you're using csh - I guess it would be setenv rather than export, then.


Pete