Hi Jeffrey, > The expansion of numbered backups is incorrect. The actual expansion > that nvi produces is somewhat random. I get the weirdest results when > editing from the linux console, logged in as root. The expansion of > numbered backups used to work correctly with nvi 1.79 version.
I can't reproduce that here with 1.81.6-7... ] j...@apocatequil:/tmp$ grep backup ~/.exrc ] set backup=N%..~ ] j...@apocatequil:/tmp$ echo abc > x ] j...@apocatequil:/tmp$ ls -l x* ] -rw-r--r-- 1 jcn jcn 4 2009-06-26 21:41 x ] j...@apocatequil:/tmp$ nvi x +:wq ] x: 1 lines, 4 characters ] j...@apocatequil:/tmp$ ls -l x* ] -rw-r--r-- 1 jcn jcn 4 2009-06-26 21:41 x ] -rw------- 1 jcn jcn 4 2009-06-26 21:41 x..~1 ] j...@apocatequil:/tmp$ Could you tell me if the problem persists with the latest version and whether there's anything special with your system? Regards, Jan
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