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Date:	Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:35:16 +0200
From:	Frank Fesevur <ffes AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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Subject:	vim 7 gives error when editing /etc/hosts
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Hi,

When I try to edit /etc/hosts with vim7, it gives this error:
   E303: Unable to open swap file for "hosts", recovery impossible

The file can be edited, but this never happened with 6.4

Regards,
Frank

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