Does your ~/.bash_profile not source ~/.bashrc? Mine (Fedora) does by default but maybe yours is different.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332531/why-does-remote-bash-source-bash-profile-instead-of-bashrc Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 3:00 PM, Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > I noticed that my attempt to keep my shell history indefinitely was > thwarted. My .bashrc has HISTFILESIZE=-1 and HISTSIZE=-1, but when I > ssh in to the box and run "echo $HISTFILESIZE " I mysteriously get > 500. I don't currently understand why and I have not yet dug into > serious research yet. > > Does anyone happen to know? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Russell Senior > russ...@personaltelco.net
