From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 21 23:49:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15ABD1065679 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:49:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E69188FC13 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:49:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E6E45E8185E; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:49:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:49:12 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20101121234910.GA28924@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Subject: where is my text file? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:49:14 -0000 I was using vim to vreate a file and cleaned up file~. now when i type vim file I only see data? is there a w ay of recovering the file or did I screw ssomething up? tia, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.97a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org