NAME ELVREC RECOVER THE MODIFIED VERSION OF A

Name Elvrec Recover the Modified Version of a 





NAME
       elvrec  -  Recover  the modified version of a file after a
       crash

SYNOPSIS
       elvrec [preservedfile [newfile]]

DESCRIPTION
       If you're editing a  file  when  elvis  dies,  the  system
       crashes,  or  power fails, the most recent version of your
       text will be preserved.  The preserved text is stored in a
       special  directory;  it  does NOT overwrite your text file
       automatically.

       The elvrec program locates  the  preserved  version  of  a
       given  file,  and writes it over the top of your text file
       -- or to a new file, if you prefer.   The  recovered  file
       will have nearly all of your changes.

       To see a list of all recoverable files, run elvrec with no
       arguments.

       (Note: if you haven't set up a directory for file  preser-
       vation,  then  elvis'  you'll  have  to  manually  run the
       elvprsv program instead of elvrec.)

FILES
       /usr/preserve/p*
              The text that was preserved when elvis died.

       /usr/preserve/Index
              A text file which lists the names of all  preserved
              files,  and the names of the /usr/preserve/p* files
              which contain their preserved text.

BUGS
       elvrec is very picky about filenames.  You must tell it to
       recover  the  file using exactly the same pathname as when
       you were editing it.  The simplest way to do this is to go
       into  the same directory that you were editing, and invoke
       elvrec with the same filename as elvis.  If  that  doesn't
       work,  then  try  running elvrec with no arguments, to see
       exactly which pathname it is using for the desired file.

       Due to the permissions on the /usr/preserve directory,  on
       UNIX  systems  elvrec  must  be run as superuser.  This is
       accomplished by making the elvrec executable be  owned  by
       "root" and setting its "set user id" bit.

       If  you're editing a nameless buffer when elvis dies, then
       elvrec will pretend that the file was named "foo".

AUTHOR
       Steve Kirkendall



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