[ale] OT: VI editing of large files.

[Ray Knight]

On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 13:49, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
> Adrin wrote:
> > I have a need to edit a very large file. on the Plus size of 43 megs.  Vi gives me an
> > error message that the /tmp file is to large.  I know/think there is a way around this I
> > just don't know.  Is there anyone out there that knows?
> 
> One possibility is to use split to break the file into more manageable 
> chunks, then cat the parts back together after you're done editing.
> 
> You should be able to use either 'ed' or 'sed' to edit such large files. 
> 'sed' if you've got specific small changes, ed if you need a more 
> interactive editing environment.
> 

You're running out of disk space in your /tmp directory.  If you have
space available elsewhere (for instance perhaps you have more available
disk space in /home) you could do the following:

# TMP=/home vi fileyouwanttodedit

This will tell vi to use the /home directory for temporary files.

Ray



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