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Date:      Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:18:30 +0200
From:      Mark Huizer <xaa@stack.nl>
To:        "Daniel R.  Brownstone" <drbrowns@ls.wustl.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fw: Nvi saved the file .login (fwd)
Message-ID:  <19980330191830.42798@ariel.xaa.iaehv.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330104545.448F-100000@ls.wustl.edu>; from Daniel R.  Brownstone on Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 10:46:44AM -0600
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330104545.448F-100000@ls.wustl.edu>

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On Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 10:46:44AM -0600, Daniel R.  Brownstone wrote:
> 
> For some reason, every time our server reboots, some users get an NVI
> message (I don't even know what that is...) -- anyway, there's no reason
> that some users get it and some don't , near as I can tell, but as you can
> see below, it annoys some people... how do I stop it???
> 
> >>changes to this file using the -r option to nex or nvi:
> >>
> >>        nvi -r .login
> 

nvi is vi, it says here what to do:
vi -r .login

the machine crashed or rebooted while this user was editing it, and vi
tries it best to save your work.
or rm /var/tmp/vi.recovery/*

Mark
-- 
Nice testing in little China...

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