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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:40:34 +1000 (EST)
From: luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au
Subject: Can't write .profile from vi
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Message-Id: <20020903034031.D4ED6588D@ivory.research.canon.com.au>

My ~/.profile file is the only one I've found with this problem.
As far a I can see, I have write permission, I am me, but I'm not
allowed to write the file from vi!  I have to write it into another
file in my home directory and then cp that on top of .profile!

$ vi ~/.profile

-rwxr-xr-x    1 luke     Domain U     4327 Aug 30 10:40 /home/luke/.profile
Hit ENTER or type command to continue
uid=11021(luke) gid=10513(Domain Users) groups=10513(Domain Users)
"~/.profile"
"~/.profile" E212: Can't open file for writing
Hit ENTER or type command to continue

I'm using /usr/bin/vi from the Cygwin installation.

luke


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