Local and Global Directory History
The directory history can be stored in either a "local" or "global" list.
With a local directory history list, any changes made to the list will
only affect the current copy of the command processor. They will not be
visible in other shells, or other sessions.
With a global list, all copies of the command processor will share the
same directory history, and any changes made to the list in one copy will
affect all other copies.
You can control the type of directory history list on the Startup page of
the OPTION dialogs, with the LocalDirHistory directive in CMD.INI, with
the /L and /LD startup options, and with the /L and /LD options of the
START command.
There is no fixed rule for deciding whether to use a local or global
directory history list. Depending on your work style, you may find it
most convenient to use one type, or a mixture of types in different
sessions or shells. We recommend that you start with the default setting,
then modify it if you find a situation where the default is not
convenient.
If you select a global directory list, you can share the list among all
copies of the command processor running in any session. When you close
all CMD.EXE sessions, the memory for the global directory history list is
released, and a new, empty list is created the next time you start
CMD.EXE.
If you want the list to be retained in memory even when no command
processor session is running, you need to execute the SHRALIAS command,
which loads a program to perform this service for the global command
history, directory history, and alias lists.
Whenever you start a secondary shell which uses a local directory history
list, it inherits a copy of the directory history from the previous shell.
However, any changes to the list made in the secondary shell will affect
only that shell. If you want changes made in a secondary shell to affect
the previous shell, use a global directory history list in both shells.
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