Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:21:44 +0100 From: Matthias Buelow <token@wuff.mayn.de> To: Peng HaiJie <phj@cn.FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is a feature or a bug of nvi? Message-ID: <19991124122144.A15534@wuff.mayn.de> In-Reply-To: <199911241204.MAA98904@cn.FreeBSD.org>; from Peng HaiJie on Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 12:04:40PM %2B0000 References: <199911241204.MAA98904@cn.FreeBSD.org>
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Peng HaiJie wrote: >/usr/bin/nvi will > :^\Quit - core-dumped >when I am in ex mode and press ^\ or ^$ in my home directory, >but it won't core-dumped if I am not in home directory(such as in /). >Is it a feature or a bug of nvi? Generating the quit signal with ^\ will usually terminate and write a corefile (if coredumpsize limit is > 0). The fact that a corefile from one of the programs you run isn't written into a directory you don't have permission to modify (such as /) can probably be counted as a (rather basic) Unix feature, yes. mkb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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