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Date:      Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:48:51 -0400
From:      "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
To:        Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vi errors... unable to edit my .shrc file
Message-ID:  <200208231848.51425.bts@babbleon.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020823221943.389.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20020823221943.389.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Friday 23 August 2002 06:19 pm, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
| i get the following error when trying to edit my .shrc file:
|
| -------------------
| $ vi .shrc
| ex/vi: Error: /var/tmp/vi.recover: Permission denied
| ex/vi: Modifications not recoverable if the session fails
| ex/vi: Error: .shrc: Permission denied
| ex/vi: Error: Unable to create temporary file: Permission denied
| -------------------
|
| does this have anything to do with the fact i don't have var and tmp
| slices?  i used the method in greg lehey's book in creating symbolic
| links instead of having hard partitions.

Symbolic links to where?  To a partition that isn't mounted, perhaps?

|
| i tried looking in the archives for a solution, but i didn't find
| anything.
|
| as always, any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
|
| -Sameer
|
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