xonsh.history.dummy

Implements the xonsh history backend.

class xonsh.history.dummy.DummyHistory(sessionid=None, **kwargs)

A dummy implement of history backend.

Represents a xonsh session’s history.

Parameters

sessionidint, uuid, str, optional

Current session identifier, will generate a new sessionid if not set.

all_items(newest_first=False)

Get all history items.

append(cmd)

Append a command item into history.

Parameters

cmd: dict

This dict contains information about the command that is to be added to the history list. It should contain the keys inp, rtn and ts. These key names mirror the same names defined as instance variables in the HistoryEntry class.

clear()

Clears the history of the current session from both the disk and memory.

flush(**kwargs)

Flush the history items to disk from a buffer.

info()

A collection of information about the shell history.

Returns

dict or collections.OrderedDict

Contains history information as str key pairs.

items(newest_first=False)

Get history items of current session.

run_gc(size=None, blocking=True)

Run the garbage collector.

Parameters

size: None or tuple of a int and a string

Determines the size and units of what would be allowed to remain.

blocking: bool

If set blocking, then wait until gc action finished.