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From: apctrc!gpb6!zcnj01@uunet.uu.net (Cecil N. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: funny vi happenings
Keywords: Software
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Date: 6 May 89 04:28:51 GMT
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Organization: Amoco Production Company, Tulsa Research Center
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Original-Date: 19 Apr 89 14:46:42 GMT
X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 269, message 21 of 23

A funny thing happened today while editing a file with vi (on a SUN4,
OS4.0.1).  When I was finished editing, I typed :wq to save the file with
changes.  This is what I normally do, and in fact had done it about 10
minutes earlier on the same file.  This time vi gave me the message:
filename exists type :w! filename to overwrite.  I did this, and the next
time I edited the file the :wq worked the way it always has, that is it
went ahead and overwrote the file as usual.  Any ideas?

  Cecil N. Jones    Amoco Production Co.  Tulsa, OK
  @apctrc.uucp
  The opinions expressed are solely my own.