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Date:      Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:11:57 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg>
Cc:        Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org>, Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bf1783@googlemail.com
Subject:   Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi,
Message-ID:  <20090626061157.4e846d36.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <200906261203.23172.erich@apsara.com.sg>
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:03:21 +0800, Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg> wrote:
> What kind of editor do you need for rescue? Just edit one or two 
> lines in some config file to allow the full system to start 
> again.
> 
> Rescue does not need an editor programmers are used to edit their 
> source files.

I won't say anything different. For the usual "maintenance and
get the damn thing working again" tasks the /rescue editor,
especially vi, should be enough. Commands are i, a, and :wq.
>From my experience, I can't remember to have used anything
else.



-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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