Re: vim vs nano on editing system files

Hi,

Dahong Tang wrote:
>
> Here are the commands that I tested:
>
> $ sudo touch testvim
> $ ls -al
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 8 08:25 testvim
> $ vi testvim
> :w!
> :q
> $ ls -al
> -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 Aug 8 08:26 testvim
>
> I don't understand why vim would override both file permission and ownership. Any ideas?
>

have a look at :help 'backupcopy', especially the two last paragraphs.

Regards,
Jürgen

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