pythonrc.py

import os

if 'PYTHONHISTFILE' in os.environ:
    history = os.path.expanduser(os.environ['PYTHONHISTFILE'])
elif 'XDG_DATA_HOME' in os.environ:
    history = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(os.environ['XDG_DATA_HOME']), 'python', 'python_history')
else:
    history = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.python_history')

history = os.path.abspath(history)
_dir, _ = os.path.split(history)
os.makedirs(_dir, exist_ok=True)