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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
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Subject: wq in vi (was: FILE descriptor <-> FILE pointers)
Keywords: FILE descriptors, FILE pointers, fdopen, fileno ...
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Date: 19 Jun 89 15:12:56 GMT
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kannan@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (R. Kannan) writes:
\...
\:wq

A dangerous command: in some versions vi does NOT check if the write operation
has been successful, but always quits.
Use `ZZ' or `:x' instead.
Is it time again for the Vi Reference? Followups to comp.editors.
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