From: Frye, Matthew (Matthew.Frye@REXHEALTH.COM)
Date: Thu Aug 01 2002 - 15:00:02 EDT
Yes, "vi -r" works. Usually, the user will get an email from the system
saying that files x, y, and z weren't saved but can be recovered with this
option.
> ----------
> From: Green, Simon[SMTP:SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM]
> Reply To: IBM AIX Discussion List
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:55 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Help finding a file, user lost connection
>
> 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
>
> AIX-L Archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
> AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/
>
> N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will seldom be appreciated.
>
> > -----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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