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--- ash_history [2024/09/24 01:28] – created hommeoursporc
+++ ash_history [2026/07/27 16:04] (current) – hogwild
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-By default the command line history is kept as long as you don't reboot or power off your router. It is possible to make it persistent by using permanent storage like JFFS or a USB attached storage.
+====== Make command line history persistent ======
-The commands history is kept in ''/tmp/home/root/.ash_history''
+By default, the command line history is stored as long as you don't reboot/power off the router. However, You can make it persistent by using permanent storage, such as JFFS or USB-attached storage.
-We can use FreshTomato ability to execute script at boot and at shutdown to backup and restore the commands history to make it persistent across reboots. To do so, we need 2 scripts. One that will execute on shutdown to backup the history to permanent storage and another one to restore the history on boot.
+The command history is kept in: "/tmp/home/root/.ash_history".
-\\ This shutdown script will save the last 100 used commands. If you want to keep more, change '100' with the number of your choice.
+FreshTomato can execute a script at boot and at shutdown to backup and restore the command history to make it persistent across reboots. To achieve this, we need two scripts. One script will execute at shutdown to backup the history to permanent storage. The other will restore the history on boot.
-Name your backup script ''cli_history_save.autostop'' and use the following code:
+ \\ \\ This shutdown script will save the last 100 commands used. \\ To save more, change '100' to whatever number you wish. \\ Name your backup script "cli_history_save.autostop" and use \\ the following code:
+ \\
 <code bash cli_history_save.autostop>
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 </code>
-\\ The second script will restore the history when booting.\\ Name your restore script ''cli_history_restore.autorun''
+ \\ \\ The second script will restore the command history when booting.\\ Name your restore script "cli_history_restore.autorun":
+ \\
 <code bash cli_history_restore.autorun>
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 </code>
-\\ Make sure to place the scripts in the storage mount directory, i.e. ''/jffs'' for JFFS or ''/tmp/mnt/sda1'' for USB (replace 'sda1' with the name of the partition). Also make the scripts executable with ''chmod''.
+ \\ \\ You must place the scripts in the mounted storage directory,  \\ (such as "/jffs" for JFFS or "/tmp/mnt/sda1" for USB). \\ Replace "sda1" with your actual partition name. Then, make the scripts \\ executable with chmod:
+ \\
 <code bash>
 chmod +x cli_history_save.autostop cli_history_restore.autorun
 </code>
+ \\ \\  \\

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