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39 lines
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Groff
.\" $Id: vitmp.1,v 1.2 2002/10/12 12:03:51 solar Exp $
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.TH VITMP 1 "25 April 2002" "Openwall Project"
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.SH NAME
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vitmp \- edit temporary files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B vitmp
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.RI [ "VIM options" "] " FILE ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B vitmp
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is a wrapper around the VIM editor which may be used to invoke the
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editor in a way that is guaranteed to be suitable for editing temporary
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files used with programs such as
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.BR crontab (1)
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and
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.BR edquota (8).
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The instance of the editor that is invoked is
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.IR /bin/vi .
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.PP
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In particular, it is guaranteed that the file, if edited, will be
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overwritten in place such that the modified contents may be read back
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via a previously obtained file descriptor. Invoking the editor via
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.B vitmp
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also makes sure that no additional editor temporary files are used.
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.PP
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Please note that
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.B vitmp
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offers no crash recovery capabilities. If the editor crashes during
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the overwrite, data may be lost.
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.SH HISTORY
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.B vitmp
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first appeared in Openwall GNU/*/Linux 1.0.
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.SH AUTHORS
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Solar Designer <solar@owl.openwall.com>
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR crontab (1),
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.BR vi (1),
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.BR vim (1),
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.BR edquota (8)
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