vi "TMP file too large" error

Guy Harris guy at auspex.auspex.com
Sat Feb 23 09:02:31 AEST 1991


>Thank AT&T.  Their vi, or at least some of its incarnations, has a
>filesize limit.  Get the real vi from BSD

Umm, the BSD "vi", or at least some of its incarnations, has a filesize
limit, too; I think the problem is that AT&T didn't bother turning
VMUNIX on when building "vi" in S5, while Berkeley did turn it on when
building "vi" (well, "ex") in BSD.



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