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vim 7 gives error when editing /etc/hosts
- From: Frank Fesevur <ffes at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:35:16 +0200
- Subject: vim 7 gives error when editing /etc/hosts
Hi,
When I try to edit /etc/hosts with vim7, it gives this error:
E303: Unable to open swap file for "hosts", recovery impossible
The file can be edited, but this never happened with 6.4
Regards,
Frank
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