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diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
index eccb88a4e8..6ece6e7c81 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qmp-shell
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ import json
import ast
import readline
import sys
+import os
+import errno
+import atexit
class QMPCompleter(list):
def complete(self, text, state):
@@ -109,6 +112,8 @@ class QMPShell(qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol):
self._pretty = pretty
self._transmode = False
self._actions = list()
+ self._histfile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
+ '.qmp-shell_history')
def __get_address(self, arg):
"""
@@ -132,11 +137,27 @@ class QMPShell(qmp.QEMUMonitorProtocol):
def __completer_setup(self):
self._completer = QMPCompleter()
self._fill_completion()
+ readline.set_history_length(1024)
readline.set_completer(self._completer.complete)
readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
# XXX: default delimiters conflict with some command names (eg. query-),
# clearing everything as it doesn't seem to matter
readline.set_completer_delims('')
+ try:
+ readline.read_history_file(self._histfile)
+ except Exception as e:
+ if isinstance(e, IOError) and e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+ # File not found. No problem.
+ pass
+ else:
+ print "Failed to read history '%s'; %s" % (self._histfile, e)
+ atexit.register(self.__save_history)
+
+ def __save_history(self):
+ try:
+ readline.write_history_file(self._histfile)
+ except Exception as e:
+ print "Failed to save history file '%s'; %s" % (self._histfile, e)
def __parse_value(self, val):
try: