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 -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin) -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
