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  1. Xref: sparky comp.os.msdos.misc:4729 comp.os.msdos.apps:4338
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  3. From: nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
  5. Subject: WARNING!!!! major problem with vi and possibly every other app around! (was: help I don't understand write caches like smartdrive 3.1)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug14.232515.5824@cco.caltech.edu>
  7. Date: 14 Aug 92 23:25:15 GMT
  8. References: <1992Aug13.040731.2286@cs.mcgill.ca> <1992Aug13.202720.22761@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1992Aug14.141659.328@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
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  10. Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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  14. The other day I was editing a file with vi and I quit using :q!
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  16. I lost ALL my changes!!!! I belive this to be a major problem with vi.
  17.  
  18. I've heard lots of other programs do this too.
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  20. nyet@cco.caltech.edu
  21. nyet@aerospace.aero.org
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