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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2001 13:12:21 +0100
From:      Robert Klein <RoKlein@roklein.de>
To:        "default" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Stupid question about VI
Message-ID:  <E168g8h-0001hF-00@mrvdom02.schlund.de>
In-Reply-To: <OE24DHCsWoHLwo6vLxZ0001b8a3@hotmail.com>
References:  <OE24DHCsWoHLwo6vLxZ0001b8a3@hotmail.com>

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Hi "default",

to get rid of the not yet recovered session, start vi,
do a ":recover file" and "q!" quit the editor without writing.  
Problem solved.

Regards,
Robert

> What I'd like to know, is how can I remove that recovered session
> from memory without changing the file that I was editing? I
> probably ctrl-c'ed out (can't remember why) and then went back and
> edited the file until I was satisfied. But vi still has whatever I
> was working on at the time saved ... I would just like to remove
> this and keep what I currently have...

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