1.\" $NetBSD: virecover.8,v 1.1 2013/11/22 16:00:45 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Jeremy C. Reed. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd October 9, 2006 31.Dt VIRECOVER 8 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm virecover 35.Nd report recovered vi edit sessions 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Pa /usr/libexec/virecover 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Nm 41utility sends emails to users who have 42.Xr vi 1 43recovery files. 44.Pp 45This email gives the name of the file that was 46saved for recovery and instructions for recovering 47most, if not all, of the changes to the file. 48This is done by using the 49.Fl r 50option with 51.Xr vi 1 . 52See the 53.Fl r 54option in 55.Xr vi 1 56for details. 57.Pp 58If the backup files have the execute bit set or are zero length, 59then they have not been modified, so 60.Nm 61deletes them to clean up. 62.Nm 63also removes recovery files that are corrupted, zero length, 64or do not have a corresponding backup file. 65.Pp 66.Nm 67is normally run automatically at boot time using 68.Pa /etc/rc.d/virecover . 69.Sh FILES 70.Bl -tag -width "/var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.*" -compact 71.It Pa /var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.* 72.Xr vi 1 73recovery files 74.It Pa /var/tmp/vi.recover/vi.* 75.Xr vi 1 76editor backup files 77.El 78.Sh SEE ALSO 79.Xr vi 1 , 80.Xr rc.conf 5 81.Sh HISTORY 82This script, previously known as 83.Nm recover.script , 84is from nvi and was added to 85.Nx 86in 1996. 87It was renamed in 2001. 88.Sh AUTHORS 89This man page was written by 90.An Jeremy C. Reed Aq Mt reed@reedmedia.net . 91