If you don't run vi often enough, /etc/daily kills the
/var/tmp/vi.recover directory.

I found out while recreating it that chmod +t <dir> doesn't work, but
chmod u+t does; is that right?  The man page says that o+t won't work
(which makes sense), o, but +t by itself should work, IMHO.

Fix for /etc/daily:

*** /usr/src/etc/daily	Wed Dec 22 05:55:03 1993
--- daily	Sat Feb  5 02:10:54 1994
***************
*** 19,25 ****
  if [ -d /var/tmp ]; then
  	cd /var/tmp && {
  	find . ! -name . -atime +7 -exec rm -f -- {} \;
! 	find . ! -name . -type d -mtime +1 -exec rmdir -- {} \; \
  	    >/dev/null 2>&1; }
  fi

--- 19,26 ----
  if [ -d /var/tmp ]; then
  	cd /var/tmp && {
  	find . ! -name . -atime +7 -exec rm -f -- {} \;
! 	find . ! -name . ! -name vi.recover \
! 	    -type d -mtime +1 -exec rmdir -- {} \; \
  	    >/dev/null 2>&1; }
  fi

-- 
Mike Long                                         Mike.Long@Analog.com
VLSI Design Engineer                              voice: (617)461-4030
Analog Devices, SPD Div.                            FAX: (617)461-3010
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