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From: "Kevin Kinsey" <k_a_kinsey@netzero.net>
To: "J.S." <johann@broadpark.no>
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Subject: Re: Nvi saved the file dfvi
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:23:55 -0600
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----- Original Message -----
From: "J.S." <johann@broadpark.no>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 9:48 AM
Subject: Fw: Nvi saved the file dfvi


> Why does root continuously send me this e-mail?
>
It's likely that you got into a 'vi' editor session on the file
with name "dfvi" and something went wrong before the file
was saved/written out [there are lots
of ways to finish in vi, but ctl-C is _not_ one of them], system crashed,
etc.,
[though the latter seems unlikely on freebsd]).

It's likely to continue tell you this.  Do what it says and it'll
quit.  A crude fix:  somewhere on your box is a file of "vi recovery
sessions"; remove it and it'll quit bothering you.  I believe the
default location is /var/tmp/vi.recover.

Kevin Kinsey, fellow pico user *blush*


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