I'm trying to do so but every time I try it turns into a tmp file. Do I have to worry about this? I realize that it is saying that the recovery was successful but this happens everytime with every file I edit with vi. What is the problem? Swap files found: Using specified name: 1. .sources.list.swo owned by: root dated: Thu Dec 11 10:07:54 2003 file name: /etc/apt/sources.list modified: no user name: root host name: bmike1 process ID: 3043 (still running) 2. .sources.list.swp owned by: root dated: Thu Dec 11 00:34:23 2003 file name: /etc/apt/sources.list modified: no user name: root host name: bmike1 process ID: 2162 (still running) In directory ~/tmp: -- none -- In directory /var/tmp: -- none -- In directory /tmp: -- none -- Enter number of swap file to use (0 to quit): 2 Using swap file ".sources.list.swp" Original file "/etc/apt/sources.list" E308: Warning: Original file may have been changed Recovery completed. You should check if everything is OK. (You might want to write out this file under another name and run diff with the original file to check for changes) Delete the .swp file afterwards. Hit ENTER or type command to continue -- <:-)~MIKE~(-:> This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spam or viruses. Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam blocked from your E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. Anti-spam/Anti-virus is FREE with every account. http://www.vei.net/ mailtospamtrap@vei.net