The question of moving vi to /binHi,

Chris Rees utisoft at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 26 13:32:34 UTC 2009


2009/6/26 Glen Barber <glen.j.barber at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Polytropon<freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:03:21 +0800, Erich Dollansky <erich at apsara.com.sg> wrote:
>>> What kind of editor do you need for rescue? Just edit one or two
>>> lines in some config file to allow the full system to start
>>> again.
>>>
>>> Rescue does not need an editor programmers are used to edit their
>>> source files.
>>
>> I won't say anything different. For the usual "maintenance and
>> get the damn thing working again" tasks the /rescue editor,
>> especially vi, should be enough. Commands are i, a, and :wq.
>
> Don't forget about dd ;)
>
>
> --
> Glen Barber

Or

:wq!

for when it _just_ _won't_ _write_!

Chris

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