Help tweaking .bash_history, please!

[ion1k]

Hi there,

I'm trying to configure history logging in .bash_history (under Red Hat EL 5.5).
I want to save 2000 command entries for user root and leave a default of 20 for the rest of the users in the system.

I wrote the following line in the /etc/profile file:

export HISTSIZE=20

Besides, I've put the following in .bashrc file in root user's home:


export HISTSIZE=2000
export HISTFILESIZE=2000
export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
export HISTFILE=~/.bash_history
shopt -s histappend
readonly PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a"


I don't know what is happening but that configuration isn't working as i expected. I want to log 2000 lines in .bash_history for the user root, no matter the number of sessions opened and that file resetting every time i logout & login.

How can i fix that? I don't want the history file to reset with each root login.

Regards.

[alf55]

put them into .bash_profile which is run when logging in as ".bashrc" is run only in "interactive" shells.