From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 20:53:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6DB16A41F for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E0C513C455 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A7868673C3C; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:54:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id EF4Dp9TzO0JL; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 4A67D68621E7C; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:54:15 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070607205415.GB8242@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <34845.216.230.84.67.1181240774.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <34845.216.230.84.67.1181240774.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: /var/preserve X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:53:35 -0000 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