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Article #2502vi temporary files
From: Brian E. Saunders
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:04
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:04
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Whenever you use vi, a temporary file gets created on the /tmp directory. If one has their disc partitioned in the manner that UNIX discs often get partitioned, the "/" partition, which includes /tmp, does not have a whole lot of space. One person editing a huge file (multiple megabytes) will fill the partition, and make it impossible to do other things that are necessary from time to time, i.e. mail, other vi sessions, etc... Is there a way to force vi to write the temporary files to the users home directory? I know emacs does this, and I probably will encourage people editing large files to use emacs if I can't find a solution to the vi temp files. -- Brian E. Saunders saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!doug.cae.wisc.edu!luther.che.wisc.edu!saunders From: saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) Subject: vi temporary files Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison Date: 13 Dec 92 23:04:10 CST Message-ID: <1992Dec13.230411.16440@doug.cae.wisc.edu> Lines: 14