If u open any file in vi editor, a swp file is created and the file is automatically deleted when u exit from the vi session. But, it ur vi session crashes( OR u kill the terminal, the .swp file remains.

Also, if the file is already opened by another vi session, this kind of warning is flashed.

U can safely delete the .swp file using rm command. ls -a .hosts.swp rm -f .hosts.swp

HTH - KDLinux --- pavan sharma pavansh@yahoo.com wrote:

Hi

I am getting this messg. when i open host file ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name "/etc/.hosts.swp" dated: Fri Apr 20 14:41:42 2001 owned by: root file name: /etc/hosts host name: linux user name: root process ID: 484 While opening file "/etc/hosts" dated: Thu Mar 7 11:37:58 2002

CAN I DELETE .hosts.swp file & How ...?

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