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567.20.1 Example
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60The following example demonstrates how to use the
61<tt class="module">readline</tt> module's history reading and writing functions to
62automatically load and save a history file named <span class="file">.pyhist</span> from
63the user's home directory. The code below would normally be executed
64automatically during interactive sessions from the user's
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69import os
70histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".pyhist")
71try:
72 readline.read_history_file(histfile)
73except IOError:
74 pass
75import atexit
76atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)
77del os, histfile
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81The following example extends the <tt class="class">code.InteractiveConsole</tt> class to
82support history save/restore.
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86import code
87import readline
88import atexit
89import os
90
91class HistoryConsole(code.InteractiveConsole):
92 def __init__(self, locals=None, filename="&lt;console&gt;",
93 histfile=os.path.expanduser("~/.console-history")):
94 code.InteractiveConsole.__init__(self)
95 self.init_history(histfile)
96
97 def init_history(self, histfile):
98 readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
99 if hasattr(readline, "read_history_file"):
100 try:
101 readline.read_history_file(histfile)
102 except IOError:
103 pass
104 atexit.register(self.save_history, histfile)
105
106 def save_history(self, histfile):
107 readline.write_history_file(histfile)
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