method

save_history=

v2_2_9 - Show latest stable - Class: IRB::Context
save_history=(val)
public

Sets IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] to the given val and calls #init_save_history with this context.

Will store the number of val entries of history in the #history_file

Add the following to your .irbrc to change the number of history entries stored to 1000:

IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 1000