serverside editing without a backup
 

not smart, but I like to live a bit dangerously ;-)

anyone else retarded like me? Its faster damnit, really.

cp file1 file2
vi file1

* fuck *

cp file2 file1

I do it all the time, but not without a backup. I have frequent snapshots using rsnapshot and in one important example I use SVN.

Sometimes I wing it. Nothing like making a quick edit to a script then trying to save the file only to get a "drive full" message and the filesize goes to 0. You'd think I would learn not to edit like that anymore but I am not very bright.

I know I shouldn't but I still do it.

i do it too, but just for very small edit jobs