Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 13:44:55 -0800 From: tipaporiello <tipapori@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nvi saved the file dfvi Message-ID: <3C3773D7.6040505@earthlink.net> References: <20020105164846.46ebce3d.johann@broadpark.no> <005c01c19605$604322e0$6af25b41@daleco>
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Hi Kevin Kinsey wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "J.S." <johann@broadpark.no> >To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 9:48 AM >Subject: Fw: Nvi saved the file dfvi > > >>Why does root continuously send me this e-mail? >> >It's likely that you got into a 'vi' editor session on the file >with name "dfvi" and something went wrong before the file >was saved/written out [there are lots >of ways to finish in vi, but ctl-C is _not_ one of them], system crashed, >etc., >[though the latter seems unlikely on freebsd]). > >It's likely to continue tell you this. Do what it says and it'll >quit. A crude fix: somewhere on your box is a file of "vi recovery >sessions"; remove it and it'll quit bothering you. I believe the >default location is /var/tmp/vi.recover. > Also, if vi -r 'file' and saving then exitng does not work. You can type 'z' at the mail prompt and the program will tell you were the temporary file is located. > > >Kevin Kinsey, fellow pico user *blush* > > >---------------------------------------------------- >Sign Up for NetZero Platinum Today >Only $9.95 per month! >http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Timothy Paporiello mailto:tipapori@earthlink.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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