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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/site.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/site.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py index 4595244e2f..ffd132b389 100644 --- a/Lib/site.py +++ b/Lib/site.py @@ -439,7 +439,16 @@ def enablerlcompleter(): readline.read_history_file(history) except OSError: pass - atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, history) + + def write_history(): + try: + readline.write_history_file(history) + except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError): + # home directory does not exist or is not writable + # https://bugs.python.org/issue19891 + pass + + atexit.register(write_history) sys.__interactivehook__ = register_readline |