disable

disable — stops data recording.

Syntax

(disable [pattern])
    

Parameters

pattern

The name of one or more (using a globbing pattern) histories previously defined by the history command. When this parameter is not specified, the default is *, to include all histories.

Returns

t (true) if successful, otherwise

(error "No history matching pattern")

Description

This command flushes one or more histories to disk and causes each of them to ignore all subsequent values until either enable, hist_enable, or HI_Enable is called on it.

This command corresponds to the Cogent C API function HI_Disable and the hist_disable dynamic library function.

Example

[sh]$ lsend Hist
Hist> (disable p5)
t
Hist>