Re: Doh!

[Matt Doughty <mdoughty@example.com>]

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 03:36:14AM -0000, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> Just made a blunder ...
> 
> I just edited a file with vi and by mistake did an :x instead of a :q! (I 
> had just been using mail and was used to hitting x to exit without saving).
> 
> Does vi keep a temp file anywhere I could use to get my original back?
not likely. Your file is almost certainly lost.

//Matt
> 
> Jc
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