VITMP(1)VITMP(1)NAMEvitmp - edit temporary files
SYNOPSISvitmp [VIM options] FILE...
DESCRIPTIONvitmp is a wrapper around the VIM editor which may be used to invoke
the editor in a way that is guaranteed to be suitable for editing tem‐
porary files used with programs such as crontab(1) and edquota(8). The
instance of the editor that is invoked is /bin/vi.
In particular, it is guaranteed that the file, if edited, will be over‐
written in place such that the modified contents may be read back via a
previously obtained file descriptor. Invoking the editor via vitmp
also makes sure that no additional editor temporary files are used.
Please note that vitmp offers no crash recovery capabilities. If the
editor crashes during the overwrite, data may be lost.
HISTORYvitmp first appeared in Openwall GNU/*/Linux 1.0.
AUTHORS
Solar Designer <solar@owl.openwall.com>
SEE ALSOcrontab(1), vi(1), vim(1), edquota(8)Openwall Project 25 April 2002 VITMP(1)