Re: vi dup
- From: Bill Campbell <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:08:47 -0700
On Mon, May 19, 2008, Jeff Hyman wrote:
Hello everyone out there,
Is there a way within 'vi', that can prevent the same user from
'vi'ing the same file in another session?
As I get distracted with calls, etc, I may end up editing the same
file, and inadvertently (and lastly) exiting the one without the mods.
What a GREAT way to waste valuable time.
Use vim instead of vi. Vim creates a .filename.swp file in the
same directory as the file being edited, and a second attempt to
edit the file results in a warning message. Vim uses that file
for recovery with ``vim -r filename'' instead of burying some
file under /var/tmp/somethingorother.
Bill
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