[comp.unix.xenix] tmp file too large

dfm@sagepub.UUCP (David F. McCune) (02/27/89)

I recently re-installed xenix 2.3.1 after a disk failure.  The only
change I made during installation was to decrease the size of the
swap area a bit.  When I now try to edit large files with vi,
I am told "tmp file too large" and the file is truncated.  I am
sure that a week ago, before the reinstall, I was able to edit
these files.  Any ideas would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

David

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frankb@usource.UUCP (Frank Bicknell) (02/28/89)

In article <798@sagepub.UUCP>, dfm@sagepub.UUCP (David F. McCune) writes:
> I recently re-installed xenix 2.3.1 after a disk failure.
> The only change I made during installation was to decrease
> the size of the swap area a bit.  When I now try to edit
> large files with vi, I am told "tmp file too large" and the
> file is truncated.  I am sure that a week ago, before the
> reinstall, I was able to edit these files.  Any ideas would
> be much appreciated.  Thanks! 

I had the same problem when I installed the crypt utilities for
our 2.2* system.  I picked vi off the original disk and kept the
crypt version around here somewhere under a different name (I
never use it anyway).

I don't recall having that problem when I installed 2.3.1, but
the same fix might work for you.  vi is linked to 40-11 different
names, but if you just copy off one of the files onto vi it
should do the trick.
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