How often did you typed

in the arangod console?

If you are familiar with the arangosh JavasScript shell than you probably use a custom .arangosh.rc startup script in your home-directory which defines your own extra variables and functions that you need often.

Now we’ve also added support for a file .arangod.rc that will be executed on server start. For example, you could put the following into the .arangod.rc file:

You’ll never have to go through the history again to add your favourite function again. (Available in devel-branch, coming to the next releases soon).