Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 19:11:05 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, rivers%ponds@ncren.net Subject: Re: Small problem in nvi. Message-ID: <199412220811.TAA00269@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I've noticed that previous versions of nvi would not "edit" >directories. nvi seems to read ufsdirectories OK in 1.1.5. Elvis refuses to read them. nvi has interestingly different behaviour depending on the path used to reach the directory: for the directory /tmp~ and the symlink /tmp -> /var/tmp/tmp (all on the same ufs file system), after cd /: In both 1.1.5 and 2.0: /usr/bin/vi tmp~: works, reads the dir /usr/bin/vi /tmp~: works, reads the dir /usr/bin/vi tmp: works, reads the dir /usr/bin/vi /tmp: fails, reads the new file /tmp/vi.00<pid of vi> In 2.0, with /tmp~ renamed to /tmp: Same behaviour as for /tmp above. Renaming the file changed nvi's behaviour! Bruce
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