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Vi Editing Question

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Basie

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How come I can rename etc/rc.d/init.d/smartd to smartdx
in a GUI editor like gedit or Kwrite but when I try to use a text editor such as Vi or Vim I get a
Can't make Changes Modifiable turned off error?
 
I just type at the Root Terminal prompt vi /etc/rc.d/init.d and scroll down to smartd and then enter :i for Insert and thats when I get the error message. I can from a Gui Editor open init.d folder and just
rename "smartd" fine but I would like to do it from a terminal because it's more convenient at times.
 
Well, after spending some serious time on this I finally gave up. No sooner I did this that I realized I could accomplish the same
thing by using the mv command as Root. Linux is so much fun at times.
 
You realy can't use Vi to edit directory files. It just doesn't work that way, most versions will error out if you try to open a directory.
 
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