The question of moving vi to /binHi,

Glen Barber glen.j.barber at gmail.com
Fri Jun 26 04:14:45 UTC 2009


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


More information about the freebsd-questions mailing list