Re: [ILUG-BOM] To view the file

[Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe]

On 26 Nov 99, at 16:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I am the owner of that file. So the command
> System("vi <filename>");
> won't work because it allows to modify the contents of the file.

Please dont underestimate "vi" ....
Do a "man vi" and you will realise that it has a "-r" switch (I think) 
that will cause the file to be opened in readonly mode.

Sameer.

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