Seriously man, screen is God's gift to the console. Even if not for this problem, look into it if you haven't already. It's increadibly useful to me, and I haven't even looked into it in depth, really.
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:13:06 +0530, Vijaya S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > It wasnt a demand it was only a request .. > thanks for ur suggestion. > > > > Thomas Adam wrote: > > > --- Vijaya S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > Anyone that has "urgent" in their subject line is usually ignored. We're > > all volunteers here, and you demand no more urgency than anyone else. > > Also, is there something wrong with your 'e' and 'a' keys? > > > > > i logged into another machine via ssh and while ediitng using mutt for > > > some reason my network went down.. > > > > This is why using 'screen' is so very useful. > > > > > how do i go to the remote machinea nd save the file which i edited..The > > > remote machine is accessible.. > > > > Assuming your editor was vim, it should save a copy of the file as > > /path/.swp (or some variant thereof) - you can get vim to use this next > > time. Other than that, there is no other means. > > > > -- Thomas Adam > > > > ===== > > "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net > > "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net > > > > "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish > > you for all of them at once when you get better. The > > experience will probably kill you. :)" > > > > -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! > > Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]