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Re: [TCLUG:7034] recovering a file from swp



Hello Mark:

I M DUM 2, but 'man vim' tells all.  In particular, 'vim -r'
looks promising.

Regards,
John

> From: "Schlough, Mark (NM IT)" <Mark.Schlough@nmb.norwest.com>
> To: "Tclug-List (E-mail)" <tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:13:17 -0500
> Subject: [TCLUG:7034] recovering a file from swp
>
> Hi,
>
> I M DUM.
>
> I nuked a file and I can't get it back.  I edited the file in gvim and I
> have a copy of the .xxx.swp file.  I can cat it and see it contains the
> content I want, but there is a bunch of binary stuff in it too.  Can anybody
> help me ???
>
> Mark
>