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From: rdh@sun.uucp (Robert Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: Bug "vi -r" ??
Message-ID: <43112@sun.uucp>
Date: 25 Feb 88 01:56:30 GMT
References: <27000001@ntvax>
Reply-To: rdh@sun.UUCP (Robert Hartman)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
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In article <27000001@ntvax> greg@ntvax.UUCP writes:
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> Does anyone know of a problem with the -r option of vi with 4.3BSD ?
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>Greg

Well, you DO have to write the file before you quit.  Not doing so loses
the recovered text.  This could probably be considered pilot error the
second time it happens to a user.

-bob.