I knew what ^Z does! Why did I ask? No I did not hit the minor vulca grip= =2E :-)Mike(-: ----- Original Message ----- From: George Toft Sent: 12/11/2003 8:12:31 AM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: s I see you picked up there lingo!udo Jason Santos wrote: >=20 > Craig White said: > > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 10:25, Michael Havens wrote: > >> What does ^z do? > >> > > ---- > > Terminates the running process - in this case, terminate the vi edito= r > > and leave the temp file is recognized the next time you try to edit t= he > > original file in vi - which is why it is offering the opportunity to > > delete or bring the temp file into the editor - oen or the other must= be > > chosen or the file cannot be edited. >=20 > Assuming you don't change your default terminal key mappings, it does n= ot > terminate the running process, it suspends it and puts it into the > background. You can then resume by typing fg. >=20 > Short summary of the default keys: > ^C - Terminate process > ^D - EOF > ^S - Pauses output > ^Q - Resumes output > ^U - Erase whole line > ^W - Erase word > ^Z - Suspend process (sends a SIGSTOP) >=20 > Check stty -a and man stty for all the gory details. > -- > Jason Santos > jason.santos@megaslow.net > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss Yes, ^Z suspends the current process and gives you the command prompt.=20 Then when you run vi again, you get that error message as the suspended vi session is using your file. --=20 George Toft Computer Security AGD,llc www.agdllc.com 623-203-1760 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spa= m or viruses. Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam blo= cked from your E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. Anti-spam/Anti-virus is FREE = with every account.=20 http://www.vei.net/ mailtospamtrap@vei.net