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VITMP(1)							      VITMP(1)

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 over‐
       written 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)

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