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   Date: Tue, 1 Aug 89 08:25:53 EDT
   From: bet@orion.mc.duke.edu (Bennett Todd)
   X-Zippy: I know th'MAMBO!!  I have a TWO-TONE CHEMISTRY SET!!

   >  even easier is to create a file '~/.bash_history', put the line
   >HISTFILE=~/.bash_history in your .bashrc file and then chmod the
   >file to 444 (-r--r--r--) and bash won't be able to write to the
   >file so your history will not be recorded.

   Sure enough, that is importantly simpler. Thanks!

   Could some mention of one or another of these hacks be added to the
   documentation?

   -Bennett
   bet@orion.mc.duke.edu

(From the Soon to be Released Major Program "Bash 1.03 - the final frontier")

  /* Save the history of executed commands. */
  if (interactive)
    {
      char *hf = get_string_value ("HISTFILE");
      if (hf)
	write_history (hf);
    }

Which just means that saying

	unset HISTFILE

in your .bashrc file will prevent the history file from being written.

Patience, good things come to those who wait.

	Brian Fox