recaller does not consult the value of environment variable HISTFILE

[auntchilada]

$ recaller

2025/08/19 15:24:49 Error reading history: bash history file not found. Run 'history -w' to create /Users/bosco/.bash_history, then try again


because:


HISTFILE=/Users/bosco/.bash_history.$hostname

$ l $HISTFILE

Permissions  Size User   Group Flags  Date Modified Name
.rw-------@ 552Ki bosco admin uappnd 19 Aug 15:24  /Users/bosco/.bash_history.martini

[narenaryan]

Thanks @auntchilada for testing this and reporting back. Can I know which operating system & shell you are using, I see bash from the first glimpse, but is that the shell activated when you ran Recaller ?

[auntchilada]

hi, regrets for the delay. here are the environment details...

.$ sw_vers; bash --version 

ProductName:		macOS
ProductVersion:		15.6
BuildVersion:		24G84

GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin24.4.0)