Where Does Murex Store Profile and History?
Murex shell profile, preload, modules and history files in home.
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Murex keeps its startup files directly in home. Preload, modules and profile layer in that order. History sits beside them as a plain file.
Env vars relocate each piece. Coverage spans desktop OSes with an experimental Windows build. Upstream docs disagree on one history spelling, so both are worth checking.
Where Murex stores this, by platform
~/.murex_profile
Main profile with preload running first and modules between. History file beside them with two documented spellings. Each path relocatable via env vars.
~/.murex_profile
Same home dir files with POSIX paths.
%USERPROFILE%\.murex_profile
Same files under the Windows home with experimental support status.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Murex?
Copy profile, preload and modules with no shell running. History travels as its own file. Restoring means putting the files back and opening once to confirm aliases and functions.
What loads in which order?
Preload runs first, then modules, then profile. Overrides exist for each path through env vars. Docs spell the history name two ways, so check both spellings when it looks missing.
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