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Date:      Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:38:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jano Lukac <jedovaty@yahoo.com>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tail
Message-ID:  <20010501053802.27354.qmail@web1003.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010501073018.748a7f1d.steveo@eircom.net>

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--- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:

> JS> Not sure about this; if you e.g. vi a directory, it will warn you that it
> 
> 	It is dangerous to vi a directory, but it is not dangerous to tail
> one.

neither /usr/bin/vi nor /usr/local/bin/vim would let me save edited changes I
made to a directory (I was playing, hehehe).  If there's a way, I'd like to
know, I want to see what happens >:)

jano

ps please don't cc me if you reply, I'm on the list


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