On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 02:12:37PM +0000, Vittorio wrote: > What the hell should I do to delete this annoying message, relentlessly > sent to my mailbox? > > Vittorio > > ----- Forwarded message from Nvi recovery program <root@dada.it> ----- > > From: root@dada.it (Nvi recovery program) > Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 13:04:57 +0000 > To: root@dada.it > Subject: Nvi saved the file compi > > On Wed May 8 17:18:28 2002, the user root was editing a > file named compi on the machine woody, when it was saved for > recovery. You can recover most, if not all, of the changes > to this file using the -r option to vi: > > vi -r compi > > ----- End forwarded message ----- There is more than one way: 1) workaround: Stop rebooting that often. It's Linux. It is not necessary to reboot. 2) The proper way: as root, run the command: # vi -r compi and exit, without saving 3) The hacker's way: # rm /var/tmp/vi.recover/* 4) The I-dont-care-anymore way: # dpkg --purge nvi 5) The I-dont-care-anymore-I-think way: # mv /etc/init.d/nvi /etc/init.d/nvi-GOOMF Your choice :-) -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: If it wasn't for Newton, we wouldn't have to eat bruised apples.
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