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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions proxyclient/m1n1/shell.py
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ def init_history(self, histfile):
readline.read_history_file(histfile)
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
except PermissionError as e:
print(f"Failed reading history from {histfile}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
if sys.platform == "darwin":
print(f" On macOS this may be caused by extended attributes. "
f"Try: xattr -c {histfile}", file=sys.stderr)

def save_history(self):
readline.set_history_length(10000)
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