• raptir@lemdro.id
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      10 months ago

      If anything it is dangerous as it will still exit even if changes cannot be saved.

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      10 months ago

      Try editing a file in /etc as a regular user. It happens sometimes and you really want that warning that the write failed.

      Anyway, :x is superior. It only writes if there are changes. So, your mtime doesn’t change unnecessarily.