Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!vrdxhq!vsedev!ron From: ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: Losing my work in vi! Message-ID: <305@vsedev.VSE.COM> Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 22:02:19 EST Article-I.D.: vsedev.305 Posted: Fri Dec 19 22:02:19 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 05:58:08 EST References: <21107@styx.UUCP> Reply-To: ron@vsedev.UUCP (Ron Flax) Organization: VSE Software Development Lab Lines: 22 Keywords: restore,quitting In article <21107@styx.UUCP> carlson@styx.UUCP (John Carlson) writes: I am always losing my work with ex/vi when the system goes down in the middle of an edit session. Later, I type vi -r filename to restore the file. Then I make changes a few changes, or if I just want to save it, I type ZZ (vi) Guess what happens? That's right, all of my changes are lost! How about setting the 'modified' flag whenever a restore is done? Which version of vi are you running? Mine which is 3.9, of 2/9/83 does as you suggest. -- ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) UUCP: ..!seismo!vsedev!ron INET: vsedev.VSE.COM!ron@seismo.CSS.GOV