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Re: Failing to write to history file if containing directory doesn't exist



On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 04:05:58PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> I discovered this "problem" when I set up a new account for myself on
> a new system.  I have HISTFILE set to  "~/.local/var/lib/zsh/history"
> in an attempt at making my home directory somewhat Filesystem Hierachy
> Standard "compliant".  Now "~/.local/var/lib" existed, but zsh wasn't
> there.  Thus Zsh failed to open the history file.

Personally, I'd be a little shocked and annoyed if zsh started creating
directories without my explicit permission.



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