functions: Add a sleep before changing command history.

[techtalk-pse.git] / examples / simple / functions

diff --git a/examples/simple/functions b/examples/simple/functions
index c1e12a3..cb34080 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/simple/functions
+++ b/examples/simple/functions
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # -*- shell-script -*-
 
+# Need a short sleep to allow the previous shell to exit, possibly
+# writing to the history file, before we start the new shell.  Could
+# write to a different history file each time which would avoid this.
+sleep 1
+
 export PS1="$ "
 export HISTFILE=/tmp/history