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repl: don't crash if cannot open history file
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Previously, if we are unable to open the history file, an error would
be thrown. Now, print an error message that we could not open
the history file, but don't fail.

Fixes: #3610
PR-URL: #3630
Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <[email protected]>
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evanlucas committed Nov 3, 2015
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion lib/internal/repl.js
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Expand Up @@ -92,7 +92,16 @@ function setupHistory(repl, historyPath, oldHistoryPath, ready) {

function oninit(err, hnd) {
if (err) {
return ready(err);
// Cannot open history file.
// Don't crash, just don't persist history.
repl._writeToOutput('\nError: Could not open history file.\n' +
'REPL session history will not be persisted.\n');
repl._refreshLine();
debug(err.stack);

repl._historyPrev = _replHistoryMessage;
repl.resume();
return ready(null, repl);
}
fs.close(hnd, onclose);
}
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions test/sequential/test-repl-persistent-history.js
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Expand Up @@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ const convertMsg = '\nConverting old JSON repl history to line-separated ' +
path.join(common.tmpDir, '.node_repl_history') + '.\n';
const homedirErr = '\nError: Could not get the home directory.\n' +
'REPL session history will not be persisted.\n';
const replFailedRead = '\nError: Could not open history file.\n' +
'REPL session history will not be persisted.\n';
// File paths
const fixtures = path.join(common.testDir, 'fixtures');
const historyFixturePath = path.join(fixtures, '.node_repl_history');
const historyPath = path.join(common.tmpDir, '.fixture_copy_repl_history');
const historyPathFail = path.join(common.tmpDir, '.node_repl\u0000_history');
const oldHistoryPath = path.join(fixtures, 'old-repl-history-file.json');
const enoentHistoryPath = path.join(fixtures, 'enoent-repl-history-file.json');
const defaultHistoryPath = path.join(common.tmpDir, '.node_repl_history');
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test: [UP, UP, UP, CLEAR],
expected: [prompt, convertMsg, prompt, prompt + '\'=^.^=\'', prompt]
},
{
env: { NODE_REPL_HISTORY: historyPathFail,
NODE_REPL_HISTORY_SIZE: 1 },
test: [UP],
expected: [prompt, replFailedRead, prompt, replDisabled, prompt]
},
{ // Make sure this is always the last test, since we change os.homedir()
before: function mockHomedirFailure() {
// Mock os.homedir() failure
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