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From: fsfrick@bones.lerc.nasa.gov (David Fricker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Sys 5.3 vi file-size limit?
Summary: vi uses large temporary files
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.130822.27543@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 17 Jan 91 13:08:22 GMT
References: <447@minya.UUCP>
Reply-To: fsfrick@bones.UUCP (David Fricker)
Organization: NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
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In article <447@minya.UUCP> jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
>Does anyone know if it's possible to do something about vi's absurdly
>small file-size limit?  

My guess is that your problem is not vi but your filesystem.  vi creates
temporary files such as the file for the recover option, etc.  In rough
terms, the temporary files are 4-5 times the size of the original file.

Double check the amount of free disk space that you have.  The various
systems I use tend to put the temporary files under /tmp or /usr/tmp.

Hope this helps.

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