Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:29:52 +1100 (EST) From: sjhgnats@tracking.amos.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/21246: non functional -c flag in nvi Message-ID: <200009130529.QAA17714@squishycow.goldenterrace.com.au>
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>Number: 21246 >Category: bin >Synopsis: nvi's -c flag does no do what it is documented to do. (it does nothing) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 12 22:30:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steve Horan >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: N/A >Description: vi (nvi) is documented to have a -c flag that allows execution of commands upon startup. nvi -c "r /etc/motd" Does not read in /etc/motd. >How-To-Repeat: run: nvi -c "r /etc/motd" and you'll see it does nothing. >Fix: no fix yet. I have played with vim, and vim appears to work okay for this option however I'm having annoying terminal/control character escaping issues with vim. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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