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NAME
       vitmp - edit temporary files

SYNOPSIS
       vitmp [VIM options] FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       vitmp is a wrapper around the VIM editor which may be used to invoke the editor in a way that is guaranteed to be suitable for editing tem-
       porary files used with programs such as crontab(1) and edquota(8).  The instance of the editor that is invoked is /bin/vi.

       In particular, it is guaranteed that the file, if edited, will be overwritten in place such that the modified contents may be read back via
       a previously obtained file descriptor.  Invoking the editor via vitmp also makes sure that no additional editor temporary files are used.

       Please note that vitmp offers no crash recovery capabilities.  If the editor crashes during the overwrite, data may be lost.

HISTORY
       vitmp first appeared in Openwall GNU/*/Linux 1.0.

AUTHORS
       Solar Designer <solar@owl.openwall.com>

SEE ALSO
       crontab(1), vi(1), vim(1), edquota(8)

Openwall Project						   25 April 2002							  VITMP(1)