vi "TMP file too large" error

[joseph.d.balshi]

In article <TOWFIQ.91Feb21111448 at babyoil.FTP.COM> towfiq at FTP.COM writes:
>In article <jsrobins.667129377 at galaxy.afit.af.mil> news at afit.af.mil writes:
>
>   I'm having problems editing large files over 300k with vi on our ATT 3B2.
>   We're running System V3.3 Unix.  When I try to edit a large file, vi reads
>   in only a portion of the file and gives the "TMP file too large" error.
>   I have plenty of disk space under /usr/tmp where the temp files are written 
>   and 48MB of RAM.
>

Try using split. This will break the file up into smaller manageable files
that vi will be able to edit.

			- Basil -


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