On Thu, Jun 07, 2007, Richard Lynch wrote: >So, I found it in 'man hier' as "for historical reasons" but just what >is /var/preserve and why is it getting cleaned out every day and why >am I getting yet another line in a too-long email about it?...
Historically /var/preserve is used by the ``vi'' editor to save state upon abnormal termination. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened.'' - Sir Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
