From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 12:55:54 EDT
I've never done it myself, but a quick look at the vi man page suggests you
need to use the "-r" option.
Simon Green
Philip Morris ITSC Europe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew [mailto:apt@DCS-SUCCESS.COM]
> Sent: 01 August 2002 16:27
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Help finding a file, user lost connection
>
>
> A programmer lost his connection to an AIX box temporarily
> this morning and
> hadn't saved his work. The manager rebooted the AIX system
> and when it came
> up, his work was gone. I went into /var/tmp and found files there that
> seemed like they could have been it but when I vi them they
> are jumbled up.
> I also checked in /var/preserve and I found files from today
> with different
> names then the actual one he was working on, but when I view
> it is jumbled.
> The programmer was using vi when he was editing the file.
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