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Date:      Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:54:15 -0700
From:      Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /var/preserve
Message-ID:  <20070607205415.GB8242@ayn.mi.celestial.com>
In-Reply-To: <34845.216.230.84.67.1181240774.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com>
References:  <34845.216.230.84.67.1181240774.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com>

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On Thu, Jun 07, 2007, Richard Lynch wrote:
>So, I found it in 'man hier' as "for historical reasons" but just what
>is /var/preserve and why is it getting cleaned out every day and why
>am I getting yet another line in a too-long email about it?...

Historically /var/preserve is used by the ``vi'' editor to save
state upon abnormal termination.

Bill
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