Talk:SECURITY Bash History Functions
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[edit] Using /etc/env.d/ files instead of directly editing /etc/profile
When running env-update the /etc/profile will be modified. To edit /etc/profile the 'gentoo way' i beleive the /etc/env.d/ files should be edited.
Next section is an example:
[edit] Remove bash history duplicates
To avoid having useless duplicates of identical commands in the bash history one can edit /etc/env.d/99histcontrol like this:
| File: /etc/env.d/99histcontrol |
# Avoid dumplicates in your bash history HISTCONTROL=ignoredups |
Then run env-update and your /etc/profile will contain the new setting.
