Hi Pigeon, Does your `find` find dot files? I use another vi-clone, vim, which saves the temporary files as .filename.swp vimdiff (part of the vim package) is really quite stunning, and perhaps a reason to learn VI
-Josh -----Original Message----- From: Pigeon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Nvi recovery program please shove off Hi, The other day something dumped me into vi, which I got out of by my usual method of trying every key combination I can think of, swearing a lot and doing kill -9 from another vc. Now I keep getting this mail every time I boot up: (headers snipped) > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nvi recovery program) >Subject: Nvi saved the file L367-13TMP.c > >On Sat Dec 14 21:48:32 2002, the user pigeon was editing a file named >/tmp/L367-13TMP.c on the machine pigeon, when it was saved for >recovery. You can recover most, if not all, of the changes to this file >using the -r option to view: > > view -r /tmp/L367-13TMP.c > Obviously the file doesn't exist in /tmp anymore, but doing find / -name '*L367*' didn't produce any result. Where is it? I want to delete it. I don't want to view it, and I don't want to recover changes because I haven't actually lost anything. I just want this annoying message to go away and recover the filespace. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]