Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:14218 comp.bugs.4bsd:1186 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cos!hadron!decuac!rayssd!gmp From: gmp@rayssd.ray.com (Gregory M. Paris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: I wish vi were more graceful when a file system is full Message-ID: <5906@rayssd.ray.com> Date: 19 Jan 89 03:46:13 GMT References: <27569@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: gmp@rayssd.ray.com (Gregory M. Paris @ Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI) Reply-To: gmp@rayssd.RAY.COM (Gregory M. Paris) Organization: Raytheon Submarine Signal Division Lines: 14 In <27569@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> haynes@ucscc.ucsc.EDU (Jim Haynes) writes: > So has anybody patched vi to give the user some kind of helpful > message suggesting what to do when the file cannot be written > because the file system is full? I have it say, "Don't quit! Get help." Works for about 75% of users. Those that still do a ":q!" and get burned are less likely to be mad at me than they were before. Not a perfect solution by any means, but it has helped. -- Greg Paris {decuac,garp,gatech,necntc,spdcc,sun,uiucdcs,ukma}!rayssd!gmp "Existence -- survival -- must cancel out programming!"