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recovering vi files after crashes

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From: Karen Bruner
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:07
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After a machine crash, ex -r rarely gets back all files
vi was editing at crash time.  Is there a program that
can convert the binary Ex* and Rx* files in the tmp
directory back to the text files?

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From: napalm@ugcs.caltech.edu (Karen Bruner)
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Subject: recovering vi files after crashes
Date: 21 Jan 1993 09:07:30 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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Keywords: vi recover