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From: Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject: Re: Where does jshell save things
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:28:31 +0200
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Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> writes:

> On 7/29/2019 2:59 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> When I start jshell it remembers the history from previous runs. Where
>> is this saved?
>
> I believe it uses preferences API.
>
> So it is OS specific.
>
> Windows => registry
>
> *nix => $HOME/.java dir

I already thought about that, but in ~/.java I saw only a fonts
directory. Looking better there is also an .userPrefs directory.
(First time I see a hidden directory in a hidden directory.) The file
I need is:
    ~/.java/.userPrefs/tool/JShell/prefs.xml

I do not like that it is XML, but it is what it is.

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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