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| -rw-r--r-- | games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips | 7 |
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diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips b/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips index 79f94ab..e2dfe08 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips @@ -487,3 +487,10 @@ use ^w to switch between the two. % sh (the default bourne shell in FreeBSD) supports command-line editing. Just ``set -o emacs'' or ``set -o vi'' to enable it. +% +When you've made modifications to a file in vi(1) and then find that +you can't write it, type ``<ESC>!rm -f %'' then ``:w!'' to force the +write + +This won't work if you don't have write permissions to the directory +and probably won't be suitable if you're editing through a symbolic link. |
