/var/preserve/Exaaa*

[Mats Weber]

In /var/preserve, I found many files named /var/preserve/Exaaa*. Does
anyonoe know what they are for ? They are pretty big and containt mostly
null characters. This is on AIX 3.2.5

Thanks

--Mats

[gram]

Mats Weber (Mats....@elca-matrix.ch) wrote:
: In /var/preserve, I found many files named /var/preserve/Exaaa*. Does

: anyonoe know what they are for ? They are pretty big and containt mostly
: null characters. This is on AIX 3.2.5

:

They're leftover from 'vi' or 'ex' editing sessions that were in process
when there was a system crash or telnet disconnect or something. Under
normal circumstances, the person editing the file should have received
mail explaining how to recover the session. It's generally safe to rm
any such files more than a few days old: if it wasn't important enough to
recover at the earliest opportunity, it must not be important. The files
should be owned by whover was doing the editing, when in doubt ask that
person.

Ward Griffiths

[Tim Bell]

It contains the left over files after a vi session has exited unexpectedly.
You can generally erase them (especially the older ones).
--
Tim Bell
System Integration, IBM Switzerland
E-mail: tb...@chvm1.vnet.ibm.com or tim....@cern.ch

[balg...@xs4all.nl]

Mats Weber <Mats....@elca-matrix.ch> writes:

>In /var/preserve, I found many files named /var/preserve/Exaaa*. Does
>anyonoe know what they are for ? They are pretty big and containt mostly
>null characters. This is on AIX 3.2.5

My /var/preserve is empty, but I assume these files are created by vi,
in order to recover after a crash (the '-r' option of vi).

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