Re: unable to use edit function in SQLPlus

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 15:40:07 GMT
Message-ID: <354f32b0.9364285@192.86.155.100>

A copy of this was sent to gtreshinsky_at_rsc.rockwell.com (if that email address didn't require changing) On Tue, 05 May 1998 09:52:29 -0600, you wrote:

>Please provide an insight!
>
>When I'm in an SQLPlus session and I try to modify a previous command using
>the edit feature, I receive the following message
>SQL> edit
>Cannot create save file "afiedt.buf"
>SQL>
>
>TIA,
>
>Jerry Treshinsky
>
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You don't have write permission in the current working directory.

If you have to work in that directory, you can:

SQL> save /tmp/a
SQL> edit /tmp/a  

Thomas Kyte
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