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Re: Nvi saved the file "xxxxx"



on Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 07:56:45AM +1000, Mark (mdevin@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> ray p wrote:
> 
> > Do a locate filename to find the file. (This assumes you leave the
> > machine on all night) Then do a vi -r filename.
> >
> 
> Ahh, that fixed it.  I was doing vim -r filename and this wasn't
> working.  But vi -r filename did recover the file.
> 
> It is weird how locate filename did not see the .swp file though.
> Even after an updatedb.

Note the difference between nvi and vim.

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