On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Pollywog wrote:
> I put an .exrc file in my home directory and even though it is empty, I
get
> the following error if I try using vi after creating that file:
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> .exrc: not sourced: writeable by a user other than the owner.
>
It is telling you it is not going to take its marching orders from a
file that can be written by anyone but the owner of the file. At a
guess, your umask is 0, so the file has general write permission. Most
distros provide a default bash profile or so that sets umask to 22. see
man umask.
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> What does this mean? I am using Debian and never saw that error when I
used
> OpenLinux and created .exrc
Vi is not always vi. Slackware, FI, uses elvis, which does not behave
so, even when invoked as vi.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
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> Andrew
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