I'm using nmh as my standard mailer under RedHat Linux. Vi is the
default editor, ie. mh mh_profile contains the line:
Editor: vi
When I upgraded RedHad from version 7.0 to 7.1, vi started to complain
about attemps to invoke a process on a part of the text, for example:
!!fmt
Vi returns a message like this:
"/tmp/v513709/4" Can't open file for writing
Can't create file /tmp/v513709/4
Hit ENTER or type command to continue
The directory /tmp/v513709 is created by vi as part of the process of
applying fmt to the text; it appears at the time that "!!fmt" is invoked
and not when vi is started.
The directory is created with protections
drw------- 2 jon jon 4096 Jun 2 11:59 v513709/
If I change the protections to
drwx------ 2 jon jon 4096 Jun 2 11:59 v513709/
then "!!fmt" goes on without any problem.
This trouble only happens with repl and forw; comp works OK. In
particular, if I run repl, and leave the draft in MH/drafts/1 (say) and
invoke
vi MH/drafts/1
or
comp -use 1
then fmt runs without a problem.
Any ideas?
Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh$pacbell.net>
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