various fixes and updates

[distro-setup] / brc

diff --git a/brc b/brc
index 51a04dcac0d59c3a29bd081522ee11a51dc738da..118ce01e18e27f7654cae2805c4ef1d44ab9d672 100644 (file)
--- a/brc
+++ b/brc
@@ -888,7 +888,9 @@ q() { # start / launch a program in the backround and redir output to null
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2120
 r() {
-  history -a # save history
+  if [[ $HISTFILE ]]; then
+    history -a # save history
+  fi
   trap ERR # this avoids a segfault
   exit ${1:0}
   # i had this redir, not sure why
@@ -1268,7 +1270,9 @@ if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then
     local ps_char ps_color
     unset IFS
 
-    history -a # save history
+    if [[ $HISTFILE ]]; then
+      history -a # save history
+    fi
 
     case $return in
       0) ps_color="$term_purple"