Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:11:57 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg> Cc: Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org>, Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bf1783@googlemail.com Subject: Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi, Message-ID: <20090626061157.4e846d36.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <200906261203.23172.erich@apsara.com.sg> References: <4A430505.2020909@gmail.com> <200906261033.58894.erich@apsara.com.sg> <20090626045808.fb3b0c8d.freebsd@edvax.de> <200906261203.23172.erich@apsara.com.sg>
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:03:21 +0800, Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg> wrote: > What kind of editor do you need for rescue? Just edit one or two > lines in some config file to allow the full system to start > again. > > Rescue does not need an editor programmers are used to edit their > source files. I won't say anything different. For the usual "maintenance and get the damn thing working again" tasks the /rescue editor, especially vi, should be enough. Commands are i, a, and :wq. >From my experience, I can't remember to have used anything else. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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