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35 .Nd report recovered vi edit sessions
37 .Pa /usr/libexec/virecover
41 utility sends emails to users who have
45 This email gives the name of the file that was
46 saved for recovery and instructions for recovering
47 most, if not all, of the changes to the file.
48 This is done by using the
58 If the backup files have the execute bit set or are zero length,
59 then they have not been modified, so
61 deletes them to clean up.
63 also removes recovery files that are corrupted, zero length,
64 or do not have a corresponding backup file.
67 is normally run automatically at boot time using
68 .Pa /etc/rc.d/virecover .
70 .Bl -tag -width "/var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.*" -compact
71 .It Pa /var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.*
74 .It Pa /var/tmp/vi.recover/vi.*
82 This script, previously known as
84 is from nvi and was added to
87 It was renamed in 2001.
89 This man page was written by
90 .An Jeremy C. Reed Aq Mt reed@reedmedia.net .