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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: vi temp files? Date: 17 Jan 1996 15:44:41 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4dk1l9$qjs@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4djbih$coj@huron.eel.ufl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca In article <4djbih$coj@huron.eel.ufl.edu>, Mauricio Tavares <raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu> wrote: >% vi *.conf >log db: Permission denied. > >I think vi is not being able to write to its temp files. Are they >created in /tmp as opposite to /usr/tmp? Vi does need to be able to write to /tmp. Set the permissions on it properly. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.