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I was editing a file in vi, the application crashed resulting a reboot of the system and when I go back and try to edit the same file it returns ...
- 01-27-2004 #1Just Joined!
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Vi issues
I was editing a file in vi, the application crashed resulting a reboot of the system and when I go back and try to edit the same file it returns that it is now read only.
I've deleted the file.swp and the file~ that tend to get created sometime when these things happen. I still am unable to edit the file in question.
How can I edit this file?
- 01-27-2004 #2Linux User
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What are the permissions for that file set to?
To check, issue anon the directory that it's in to see what they are set to. To change them, use the chmod command.Code:ls -l
Hope this helps!\"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.\"
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- 01-27-2004 #3Just Joined!
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The directories were when created set to chmod 0511, i've even trying accessing them as root (super user), vi still states that its read-only. Unfortunately i'll have to do some more research on this issue since i'm currently stuck at work.
Thanks for any kind of help in this issue.
- 01-27-2004 #4Linux Engineer
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If you look here http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=11 you'll see a short and concise tut on chmod usage.
Dan
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