Rick, Along with uploading it to a POSIX directory, did you change it to a bytestream file? I had a lot of strange things happen to me with files that I transferred to POSIX that I sent as binary only or ASCII only (particularly in web pages). Kevin Newman > -----Original Message----- > From: Feldmann, Rick [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 3:36 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Editing Uploaded Files with VI > > Here is what I'm doing: > > 1 - Upload a file from the PC using Reflection v5.10 into a POSIX > directory > 2 - Edit the file using vi (adding something I forgot on the PC side, > or > someone else is adding to it) > 3 - Save the file using the vi command :wq > 4 - The following error message is returned: > "Write error (out of space)" File too large > 5 - Issue the vi command :q! > 6 - If I added 10 bytes somewhere in the file, 10 bytes have been > removed from the end of the file. > > I'm wondering if anyone else has run into this problem and what > workaround they have developed (if any). > > Rick Feldmann > E-Mail : [log in to unmask]