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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 62c53fb48..5f0a16adc 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-12-26 Wayne Davison <wayned@users.sourceforge.net> + + * unposted: Doc/Zsh/options.yo: A couple more improvements to the + HIST_SAVE_BY_COPY section. + 2005-12-25 Clint Adams <clint@zsh.org> * 22104, 22105: Completion/Unix/Command/_ssh: add diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo index fd21e23e4..ffeca7db9 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo @@ -583,9 +583,13 @@ However, if this option is unset, we instead truncate the old history file and write out the new version in-place. If one of the history-appending options is enabled, this option only has an affect when the enlarged history file needs to be re-written to trim it -down to size. Disable this only if you have special needs, as this -makes it possible to lose history entries if zsh gets interrupted +down to size. Disable this only if you have special needs, as doing +so makes it possible to lose history entries if zsh gets interrupted during the save. + +When writing out a copy of the history file, zsh preserves the old +file's permissions and group information, but will refuse to write +out a new file if it would change the history file's owner. ) pindex(HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS) item(tt(HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS))( |