Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:02:10 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Leon@TicketWeb.co.za Subject: Re: Recovering edited file Message-ID: <199810141602.JAA26485@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <C90138C34D2DD2118C1C00A02459433B03E3C0@MAIL>
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>From: Leon Myburgh <Leon@TicketWeb.co.za> >Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:56:44 +0200 >Does VI make ANY backups of the files you edit? I edited a file and >would like to get back to the original contents. This was done today and >is really critical. Yes; in /var/tmp/vi.recover. But as far as I know, those backups are only used in the event that the editor session is killed prior to a graceful termination. Other than that, it makes backups every time you enter ":w" in command mode.... david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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