Re: [PLUG] VI without a swapfile?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:15:30 -0500
> From: Jeff Bailey<skydiver38@verizon.net>

[...]
> Turns out that cat smoked the original file, and then aborted due to "no
> space on filesystem".  So, whereas vi wouldn't let me edit the file, cat
> deleted it, then didn't store anything there (other than a 0 byte
> file).  So, even though I was "cat'ting" a file smaller than the
> original, the filesystem reported no room.  Interesting.

Wow, I'd have guessed that would be safe.


> I *was*  able to solve it in a more round-about way (by editing the
> source before it got built into the file which served as the
> filesystem), and thanks again for all the input.

Now I'm really curious if 'ed' would have worked.

Thanks for the follow-up,
JP
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