At 1:24 PM -0500 9/23/96, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>>>> "BC" == Brent Chapman <Brent@GreatCircle.COM> writes:
>
>>> Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>> Well, you have to run medit behind the wrapper anyway. I don't quite
>>>> see how that applies. (Does medit even work? I've never used it
>>>> myself.)
>
>BC> No you don't, if you're a member of the group that has write permission
>BC> on the files you're trying to edit (and the directory they're in, so
>BC> that the lock files can be created).
>
>This will, I believe, change the ownership of the edited file. Isn't it
>done in a safe create-rename operation, so that the original ownership is
>not preserved? I think I saw a report about this earlier.
>
> - J<
No. It grabs the lock, then starts your editor on the file in place.
-Brent
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