Timeline for HISTFILE env var unset within programs. Can I access it in any way? [duplicate]
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| Jul 13, 2016 at 16:56 | vote | accept | Drew | ||
| Jul 13, 2016 at 10:02 | history | closed | Scott - Слава Україні Rui F Ribeiro Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI Chris Davies Wouter Verhelst | Duplicate of Difference between (bash) shell variables which are exported and those which are not, Difference between environment variable and shell variable | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 9:16 | answer | added | Justin Lake | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 6:26 | comment | added | camh | @Drew: You need to export the shell variable for it to become an environment variable, which will then be inherited by child processes. | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 6:12 | history | edited | Drew | CC BY-SA 3.0 | edited title |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 6:11 | comment | added | Drew | That explains somewhat, but doesn't explain how to access HISTFILE in a program (if thats even possible) | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 6:04 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 13, 2016 at 5:33 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 13, 2016 at 5:30 | history | asked | Drew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |