By default, vi places temporary work files in /var/tmp. You may want to redirect these work files to another location, especially if /var cannot be mounted in case of an error in your system's file system table (e.g. /etc/vfstab, /etc/fstab).
A temporary way to redirect these files:
EXINIT="set dir=directory" vi file
e.g. EXINIT="set dir=/tmp" vi /etc/vfstab
To set this permanently for a user, add the command to the user's ~/.exrc initialization file.
echo "set dir=directory" >> ~/.exrc
e.g. echo "set dir=/tmp" >> ~/.exrc
For more information, read the ex man page.
A temporary way to redirect these files:
EXINIT="set dir=directory" vi file
e.g. EXINIT="set dir=/tmp" vi /etc/vfstab
To set this permanently for a user, add the command to the user's ~/.exrc initialization file.
echo "set dir=directory" >> ~/.exrc
e.g. echo "set dir=/tmp" >> ~/.exrc
For more information, read the ex man page.
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