Re: Error with :.! commands

On 2011-06-22, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2:41 pm, Chandra wrote:
> > Hello,
> >     I see the following error when I try to in-line execute a shell
> > command something like
> >
> > :.!grep foo bar
> >
> > "/tmp/v454263/17" E212: Can't open file for writing
> > E482: Can't create file /tmp/v454263/17
> >
> > It usually happens if the vim session has been on for a long time
> > without ever closing and reopening vim.
> > A fresh vim session does not give this error. Any idea what happens
> > here?
> >
>
> Possibly the temp directory got deleted out from under you. I'm not
> sure of a good way around this.

When I've run into this I've just recreated the directory, e.g.,

:!mkdir /tmp/v454263

Regards,
Gary

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