Vi isn't nasty enough, so user looses lines
Richard L. Klappal
rlk at chinet.UUCP
Fri Aug 23 17:24:32 AEST 1985
In article <2073 at ukma.UUCP> david at ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) writes:
>Problem: Vi allows users to :wq without comment when they've
> deleted part of the file and written it to something else.
> This can result in lost files and confused novices.
>
>Repeat-by: Edit a file. Delete part of the file. (dG) Write
> the result to another file (:w junk). Exit by either
> typing :wq or ZZ. Notice that the original is shorter.
> Find backup tape.
>
>
>Hackin's in me blood. My mother was known as Miss Hacker before she married!
Not sure I understand the problem!!
ZZ is shorthand for :wq
:wq means write it out & quit
if you don't want to modify the original (and didn't set readonly
[ -R option ], the correct way to exit is :q! which is quit & discard
changes.
In your example it did EXACTLY what you told it to.
Richard Klappal
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