Synopsis: set history_file [] Description: If this variable is set, the client will (attempt to) write out the command history to the given file. It will also read the history from this file. This has the advantage of keeping the client's memory usage to a minimum, but it can slow performance. This feature can be disabled by unsetting the variable, or setting it to "". The HISTORY setting must also be disabled to completely disable command history. See Also: bind(4) backward_history, forward_history, shove_to_history; history(4); set(4) history Other Notes: Setting HISTORY_FILE to /dev/null is not recommended, as the behavior is, at best, undefined, due to the various ways different Unixes handle reads from and writes to the device.