larson@c3.lanl.gov (Theodore W. Larson) (08/30/90)
Earlier today, I was editing a file in vi and
after a great deal of modification, I decided it was
time to save and then compile. So, I went to exit vi
in the usual manner by typing :x
This would simply save my file and exit.
Unfortunatly, this time I accidentally typed :X
and it asked for an encryption key. Naturally, not knowing
what this ment, I hit escape, and then typed :x and
saved and exited my file. Imagine my suprise when I went to
compile and realized my file was now ecrypted in some strange
format! So, now I have lost about three days of work and around
2,000 lines of new code. HOW DO I UNENCRYPT MY FILE??!?!?
All the documentation I have on vi and ex says NOTHING about
this crummy feature. I called Sun Microsystems because I am
using a Sun-4 workstation, and they were no help at all. They
couldn't figure out who to route me to that would know.
Do you know?!?!?!? I would be most grateful if you could tell
me what to do.
- Ted (larson@lanl.gov)
505-665-4170gerard@Bull.NL (GerardJan Vinkesteyn) (08/31/90)
In article <61556@lanl.gov>, larson@c3.lanl.gov (Theodore W. Larson) writes: > > ... So, now I have lost about three days of work and around > 2,000 lines of new code. HOW DO I UNENCRYPT MY FILE??!?!? Vi, in it's reagan distribution, so with encrypt, can be called with as 'vi -x file' That should prompt you with something like "Key:" Also there should be a program called "crypt" on your machine, type "crypt <infputfile" and that also prompts you with "Key:". Try type ESC, or better ^V^[, and you'll have your file back. -- Gerard Jan Vinkesteyn Bull Netherlands Internet: gerard@bull.nl Hoogoorddreef 66-68 Uucp: nlbull!gerard 1101 BE Amsterdam # name change because of French Connection... s/gertjan/gerard/