In article <3.0.3.32.19980314004025.0068d580@pop.erols.com> tritone@erols.com (Doug Jackson) writes:


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>  1318 vi       NAMI  "/tmp"
>  1318 vi       RET   stat 0
>  1318 vi       CALL  open(0xf7bfd0f4,0xa02,0x180)
>  1318 vi       NAMI  "/tmp/bt.001318"
>  1318 vi       RET   open -1 errno 13 Permission denied
...
>  1318 vi       CALL  write(0x2,0xf7bfd430,0x2a)
>  1318 vi       GIO   fd 2 wrote 42 bytes
>       "ex/vi: Error: Log file: Permission denied
>       "
....

Your problem is the permission of /tmp

christos