Re: strange vim startup/loading error

[Karsten Hopp <karsten redhat de>]

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 11:42:28AM -0400, Marc Wiatrowski wrote:
> I recently upgraded a box from RHEL 3 to 4 and I'm now getting
> the following error with vim when I edit one specific file.  All
> other files seem to work without this error. 
> 
> E295: Read error in swap file
> E316: ml_get: cannot find line 1
> Hit ENTER or type command to continue
> 
> Everything seems to work fine on that file after I hit enter.  Its
> just getting annoying mostly.
> 
> If I vi the same file on a box still running RHEL 3, I don't get
> the error.  Both the RHEL 3 & 4 boxes are using vim 6.3 but different
> patch levels 6.3.81 (RH 6.3.046-0.30E.4) vs 6.3.82 (RH 6.3.046-0.40E.7)
> 
> I also tried compiling my own current 6.4 version from source and then
> even the 7.0e beta on the RHEL 4 box and still get the error.  Just for
> kicks though I then compiled the 7.0e beta on the RHEL 3 box and I 
> do not get the error!
> 
> I've tried renaming the file, creating a new file... same error.
> 
> Tried googling those errors but mostly just get the vim source code.
> I can't really give out code for the file I am trying to edit either.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> thanks,
> marc 


Is there an old vim swap file from an previous editing attempt ? 
Try 'ls -l .*swp' in that directory and rename/remove that file if you're sure
that you don't have this file opened in another vim.

   Karsten

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