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I have a file that I am trying to edit, but every time I click on it, it disappears. When I refresh the folder view it comes back. This is a configuration file for an application that I need to edit. I have set the permissions to 666. What is happening to the file?
It is trying to execute it.Right click it and open it in a text editor.
also if I remember right you can change the preferences in nautilus to ask what to do when opening a file.
Last edited by comprookie2000; 03-18-2005 at 06:13 PM.
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, when I right click to get to the editor is when the file disappears. Actually it happens any time I click (left or right) the file. The reason I am having to edit the file is because I think my site got hacked last nite. I thought that might be the reason I cannot edit this file any longer.
Nautilus can be buggie at times,I use mc (midnight commander) to edit move copy remove etc,I use nautilus to view images,so I can remember what they are before I use them.
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