Re: HISTFILE=/dev/null, HISTSIZE=0 removes /dev/null on exit

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: HISTFILE=/dev/null, HISTSIZE=0 removes /dev/null on exit
Date	2015-10-20 14:42 -0400
Message-ID	<mailman.697.1445366559.7904.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)
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On 10/20/15 11:03 AM, Marko Teiste wrote:

> Description:
> setting HISTFILE=/dev/null and HISTSIZE=0 will replace /dev/null
> with regular file on exit (when running as root).
> 
> Repeat-By:
> start bash with root priviledges
> HISTFILE=/dev/null
> HISTSIZE=0
> exit
> 
> Fix:
> Check if HISTFILE points to regular file before unlink/recreate?

Thanks for the report.  This has been fixed for the next release of bash.

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Re: HISTFILE=/dev/null, HISTSIZE=0 removes /dev/null on exit Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2015-10-20 14:42 -0400

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