Re: vim vs nano on editing system files

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dahong Tang" <tang.dahong@gmail.com>

> 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?
>

I can't reproduce this. When I enter :w! I get the following message:

"testvim" E212: Can't open file for writing
Press ENTER or type command to continue

This is on a Debian Wheezy system with the packaged version of vim.

-Rob

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