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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Editing menu.lst   
   Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:18:40 +0100   
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   SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> writes:   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   Right. This is so typical. Someone who knows a lot always   
   underestimating other peoples lack of knowledge. A lot of editors back   
   up by default. Does nano? I dont know.   
      
   But to compare giving incorrect "sudo" lines to not backing up is, well,   
   somewhat stupid.   
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