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 -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened.'' - Sir Winston Churchill
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