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                      3: virec                        Command                        virec
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                      8: Recover the modified version of a file after a crash
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                     10: vviirreecc [-dd _t_m_p_d_i_r] _t_e_x_t_f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e...
                     11: vviirreecc </tmp/elv_X_X_X
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                     13: vviirreecc extracts the most recent version of a text file from a tem-
                     14: porary file in /tmp.
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                     16: When you edit a file with elvis, only about five kilobytes of the
                     17: file are  stored in RAM;  the rest is  stored in a  file in /tmp.
                     18: vviirreecc extracts the ``undo'' version from the file stored in /tmp.
                     19: This is  most useful  when the system  (or elvis) crashes  in the
                     20: middle of  a long editing session, since  the ``undo'' version of
                     21: the file contains everything except your last change.
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                     23: There are two ways to use virec.  The first, and most common, way
                     24: to  invoke virec  is to  give it  the name of  the file  you were
                     25: editing; it finds the matching file in /tmp and writes the newest
                     26: available version of the file over the existing version.  It then
                     27: deletes the /tmp file.
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                     29: The second way  is to use the `<' to  let virec read a particular
                     30: /tmp file  via stdin.  Use this method when  you either have for-
                     31: gotten which file you were  editing and want to see its contents,
                     32: or when you wish to recover a file without losing either the /tmp
                     33: file or the current version of the text file.
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                     35: The -d option tells virec to  look for a temporary file in direc-
                     36: tory rather than in /tmp.
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                     38: ***** Files *****
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                     40: /ttmmpp/eellvv* -- Temporary file created by eellvviiss
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                     42: ***** See Also *****
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                     44: commands, elvis
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                     46: ***** Notes *****
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                     48: virec  is a  public-domain  program written  by Steve  Kirkendall
                     49: ([email protected] or ...uunet!tektronix!psueea!eecs!kirkenda).
                     50: Source code  for this program is available  via the Mark Williams
                     51: bulletin board, USENET  and other sources.  Please note that this
                     52: program is distributed as a  service to COHERENT users, but it is
                     53: not supported by Mark Williams Company.  _C_a_v_e_a_t _u_t_i_l_i_t_o_r.
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