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From: rusty@steelmill.cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
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Subject: Re: Help with vi's "map"
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Date: 4 Sep 90 21:19:36 GMT
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In article <1990Sep2.062510.27277@ecn.purdue.edu> irick@ecn.purdue.edu (GarBear Irick) writes:
   >
   >The only _problem_ is, vi now thiks that /tmp/irick/... is the new filename
   >of the file, so when I ZZ or :wq to get out of vi, it changes the temporary
   >file, not the original one.  Is there a way to change the current filename
   >in vi WITHOUT writing over that filename?  Thanks.....

Try
	:file your-filename-here

		-Rusty-
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