Check out free space under /var.  vi needs space in /var/tmp for its files.

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: Alain Menezes [mailto:a.menezes AT cger DOT be]
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 4:05 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
Subject: No space ?


Hi,

when I vi a (rather big) file I get the message at the bottom of the
file : "No space left on device". It doesn't seem to be te paging space.
What the matter ?

Alain
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