Can't write .profile from vi

luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au
Mon Sep 2 20:40:00 GMT 2002


My ~/.profile file is the only one I've found with this problem.
As far a I can see, I have write permission, I am me, but I'm not
allowed to write the file from vi!  I have to write it into another
file in my home directory and then cp that on top of .profile!

$ vi ~/.profile

-rwxr-xr-x    1 luke     Domain U     4327 Aug 30 10:40 /home/luke/.profile
Hit ENTER or type command to continue
uid=11021(luke) gid=10513(Domain Users) groups=10513(Domain Users)
"~/.profile"
"~/.profile" E212: Can't open file for writing
Hit ENTER or type command to continue

I'm using /usr/bin/vi from the Cygwin installation.

luke


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