R help - Dec 2016 - .External2(C_savehistory, file) : no history available to save

Hi,
I try to save my history:
 > if (interactive())
try(savehistory(file=paste0(dir,"/.Rhistory")) )
to get:  Error in .External2(C_savehistory, file) : no history vailable 
to save
My system:
R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
Running under: macOS Sierra 10.12.1

locale:
[1] C

attached base packages:
  [1] tcltk     tools     stats4    splines   parallel  datasets  compiler
  [8] graphics  grDevices stats     grid      utils     methods   base

other attached packages:
  [1] survival_2.39-5    spatial_7.3-11     rpart_4.1-10 
nnet_7.3-12
  [5] mgcv_1.8-15        nlme_3.1-128       foreign_0.8-67 
codetools_0.2-15
  [9] cluster_2.0.5      class_7.3-14       boot_1.3-18 
Matrix_1.2-7.1
[13] MASS_7.3-45        KernSmooth_2.23-15 cwhmisc_6.0 
lattice_0.20-34

Why this?
C.

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