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Can't save a file
There is a file A.lcf.
I am updating the file and saving it .
But as soon as I am logging off and then logging in I am finding that the updated changes are not there in the file.
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please post

ls -al file
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how did you save the file in vi ?
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There is a file A.lcf.
I am updating the file and saving it .
But as soon as I am logging off and then logging in I am finding that the updated changes are not there in the file.
Are you sure no other process is working on it ?
try lsof on that file
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I saved it with :wq
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Did you get a chance to try out what I had suggested ?
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