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1 total messages Started by utzoodecvaxharpoeaglemhtsaalicen... Fri, 29 Apr 1983 15:09
Ex/Vi (3.6) bug
#111
Author: utzoodecvaxharpoeaglemhtsaalicen...
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1983 15:09
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Does anyone know what the fix is for the following bug in ex/vi
version 3.6?

	From inuxc!ixn5c!ihps3!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!crh Tue Oct  5
	17:06:56 1982
	Newsgroups: net.bugs
	Subject: vi bugs
	Article-ID: net.bugs/24
	Status: RO

	An even more serious vi bug.  Try typing in a file from
	scratch, and then before writing, do a '/' command that fails.
	If you then 'ZZ', the file isn't saved and you will lose
	everything!

-- Scott Stevens
-- American Bell, Indianapolis
-- UUCP: inuxa!stevens
-- ARPA: inuxa!stevens@purdue
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