Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!att!cbnewsm!basil From: basil@cbnewsm.att.com (joseph.d.balshi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: vi "TMP file too large" error Message-ID: <1991Feb21.194431.9974@cbnewsm.att.com> Date: 21 Feb 91 19:44:31 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 23 In article towfiq@FTP.COM writes: >In article news@afit.af.mil writes: > > I'm having problems editing large files over 300k with vi on our ATT 3B2. > We're running System V3.3 Unix. When I try to edit a large file, vi reads > in only a portion of the file and gives the "TMP file too large" error. > I have plenty of disk space under /usr/tmp where the temp files are written > and 48MB of RAM. > Try using split. This will break the file up into smaller manageable files that vi will be able to edit. - Basil - |**********************************|***********************************| | Internet: jdb@aloft.att.com | There's a town I know, | | UUCP: ...!att!aloft!jdb | Where the hipsters go, | | | Called Bedrock! | | | Twitch! Twitch! | | | -- Rock Roll | |**********************************|***********************************|