Re: Nano Feature Request?

On Tue, 12 May 2009, Damien Joldersma wrote:

> I would like to have nano, my favorite editor :), to help me handle my
> permission problems.

Personally I would like this feature too. In the meantime you can:

1. Save file in /tmp and then move it to the proper destination (that's 
what I do)
2. Use Ctrl-Z (or screen) and temporarily chmod/chown
3. Write a wrapper that checks the permission and runs nano with -v option 
when the file is not writable

Third option can be accomplished by using access() or even simple as:

OPTS=
echo -n >> "$@" || OPTS="-v"
nano $OPTS "$@"

Regards.

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