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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
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   Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:29:35 GMT   
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   * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > BlackTopBum  writes:   
      
   >> Sybren Stuvel, was all like, you know, and said something like...   
   >>> BlackTopBum enlightened us with:   
   >>>> The way you have it is read-only. To *write* to a file using nano   
   >>>> requires the '-w': example: sudo nano -w /boot/grub/menu.lst .   
      
   >>> Read the manual:   
      
   >>>    -w (--nowrap)   
   >>>           Disable wrapping of long lines.   
      
   >>> It's to prevent line wrapping in configuration files that can't handle   
   wrapped   
   >>> lines.   
      
      
   >> Well, damn - you're right! I mistakenly *assumed* it meant "write" from   
   >> my days using Gentoo. My bad ... thanks for correcting me, Sybren.   
      
   > And using wrong command line on a file like menu.lst would ......   
      
   In the above scenario, nothing. That said, if you are too stupid to back   
   up a system file before altering it, you deserve what you get and you   
   dont have to be a nood to understand the concept.   
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