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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: DEC3100, vi, and .exrc
Message-ID: <9180@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 1 Jan 90 07:52:59 GMT
References: <1990Jan1.020122.8785@lavaca.uh.edu>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
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In article <1990Jan1.020122.8785@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
> 
> 
> On my SysV box, I can have a .exrc in my $HOME directory, and vi
> picks it up no matter what my cwd happens to be.  Ultrix 3.1 on the
> DEC3100 doesn't seem to want to do this -- it only finds the .exrc
> if my cwd is ~me.  I've rtfm'd the best I can, but to no avail.
> 
> Any answers/suggestions/constructive flames? :-)

Fill out an SPR 8-).

Note that "mail" also screws up (or did a couple releases back) the same way -
If you put "record=x" in your .mailrc, it's supposed be home directory relative
but isn't.

-- 
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